Ever wonder where they are now? This is a listing of prominent political figures from the Golden Years: lawmakers and lobbyists drawn from a political “hall of fame”.
Authors Robert McKnight and Rhett DeVane’s new novel illustrate Florida’s bizarre politics: colorful contenders, hanging chads and wacky contests. It’s Sunshine State politics in all of its strange glory! Available now …
Yes, they were known as the Golden Years in Florida Politics: the 1970s and 1980s. I wrote a book about my experiences then as a Florida State Senator, and how …
Comments and opinions on this blog are drawn largely from my experience as a Florida State Senator in what is commonly referred to as The Golden Years – the 1970s …
Much is being made of the respective benefits and negatives of privatization. After having chaired the Florida House of Representatives Subcommitte ...
With the Florida legislative reappointment maps on their way to the courts for review, I am reminded of the process 30 years ago. Although I had ann ...
That was the description rendered by the Florida Capitol Press Corps to the 1976 legislative appointments announced by then Speaker of the House of R ...
Who were they? Representative Alan Becker (D., Miami Beach). A recent UM law school graduate, hailing from Brooklyn, New York. If not the most li ...
Talk about a “Who’s Who” of Democratic politics, look at who started out running for President against incumbent Gerald Ford in 1 ...
In 1982, a health care act was amended to include what might have sounded like just another study group or commission. It was given a long, somewhat ...
