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Why Three Republican State Senators support Justices Lewis, Pariente and Quince (and you should too) Three more Republican officials are urging voters to VOTE YES to support the retention of Supreme Court Justices Lewis, Pariente and Quince, in direct opposition of the Republican Party of Florida’s unprecedented decision last month […]

The good news is there will be no “hanging chads” this year in Palm Beach County. The bad news is we now know that the absentee ballots will be not only lengthy, but based on what is known so far, it is going to be confusing. The Supervisor of Elections […]

When Governor Reubin Askew took office in 1971, he was one of the driving forces behind changing the process to be followed when selecting judges to fill vacancies.  Judicial Qualifications Commissions were established to recommend judges to fill vacancies on the bench.  In 1972, the Florida Constitution was amended to […]

Three Supreme Court Justices are up for retention in November:  Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince. The GOP has announced a plan to unseat these three Supreme Court Justices in order to gain control of the Florida Supreme Court. It is clear that the intention of extremist political groups, […]

Just in case even the slightest doubt remained about whether extremists have succeeded in high jacking control of the Republican Party, Friday’s announcement of opposition to the retention of three Florida Supreme Court Justices eliminates that doubt. Justices Pariente, Quince, and Lewis just received 90% approval ratings in a statewide […]

I haven’t had much experience in my life with having everyone regularly agree with me on any given subjects.  In fact, I don’t have ANY life experience with that phenomenon, yet that is exactly what Governor Scott and the folks at “Restore Justice 2012” want Floridians to vote for in […]

In 2010, Florida State Representative Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, sponsored Amendment 9, a proposed state constitutional amendment aimed at stopping the federal health care law (aka “Obamacare”) from being implemented in Florida. The Florida Legislature passed a joint resolution containing the text of the proposed amendment, as well as a ballot […]

Many states have their vacancies for judges filled through a typical election. Candidates file, they campaign (to the extent they are ethically allowed), and the candidate with the most votes assumes the office of judge. That is the way we in Florida handle all judicial positions except those judges in […]

The citizens of the state of Florida should be permitted to elect our own public servants without interference from political, business or other forces OUTSIDE the state of Florida.

The New York Times has entered the Florida fray involving the merit retention race for Supreme Court Justices Pariente, Lewis and Quince. Their article, I think, sets forth the most succinct and accurate depiction of what has been happening in Florida’s merit retention race. The concluding paragraph of the article […]