This is how the zombie movies start.

First, the chairman of Florida's ethics commission violated state ethics rules.
Then, the ethics commission waived fines for one of its own commissioners.
Now, the state is poised to weaken ethics laws altogether.

Ethical government shouldn't be a joke.
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I like one the phrases Steve uses here to capture what so many people liked most about Graham:
His 'essential decency.'

I can't remember a spate of such intense and high-profile crimes in this area.
The arrest of a suspected serial killer in Orange. On the heels of a carjacking murder believed to be linked to a drug-trafficking ring in Seminole and club shooting that included NFL player in Sanford

#Florida Department of Environmental Protection filed notice Friday that it intends to grant a permit for exploratory oil drilling in the fragile #Apalachicola River floodplain. The Apalachicola Riverkeeper expressed 'profound disappointment' in a Monday letter to DEP:

Worst rule-followers ever.

So I guess we'll be revisiting this story from the Florida politics hall of shame.

Even Fox News started trolling Haridopolos after it was revealed he was paid more, per book, than JK Rowling.
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The questions about these 2 Orlando legislators are piling up - whether one lives in his district and whether the other submitted official, yet false, documents.

So where are the investigations?
Someone other than journalists should be demanding answers.
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Insurance lawsuits are down 20% over the last three months!
Oh wait, maybe we meant over the last three 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.

Sounds like the math minds are firing on all cylinders over at the CFO's office.

Another reminder that, while Orlando tourism leaders rage against spending hotel taxes on transit & other needed services, they're wrong.
Brevard pushes for rail. Hotel taxes in Vegas already
fund monorail. Phoenix, public safety.

Central Florida politicians need to grow spines.

I'm rooting for the Magic in the playoffs.
But I'm also rooting for a day when this team stops asking taxpayers to subsidize its private, for-profit business ventures.
The team asked for - and got - another $40+ million this week.
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Mandatory 'service charges' of 18-20% are on the rise at Orlando restaurants - on top of the bill and separate from tipping.
The debate over such things misses the real issue - the antiquated concept of 'subminimum wages' for service workers.
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'The migrants are eligible for protection because they applied for a special kind of visa meant for crime victims who are helping law enforcement investigate suspected criminal activity.'
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I always root for local businesses
But the one time my family visited, it was virtually empty around 5 pm
A hostess told us we couldn't expect to just walk in without a reservation (at a food hall, mind you). So we left and never returned
I hope the chefs find a place to succeed