Budget farce: This Tally senator’s scolding protesting USF students from an ethical sinkhole
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Wake up and good morning. Kudos to the Tampa Bay business community’s rallying — thus far — around the University of South Florida in the face of the Neanderthal extortion tactics by lame duck Senate budget chairman JD ‘My Way or the Highway’ Alexander to gut USF’s budget because he isn’t getting his independent Polytech University fast enough for his Polk County legacy.
This was only inning one. It is critical for the Tampa Bay business community to sustain its support and pressure on Tallahassee to be fair in how it legislates. Given all of Florida’s challenges, it’s truly pathetic that all this time and resource must be spent dealing with what is, at its heart, the selfish whims of playground bullies who feel their inflated roles as state lawmakers is to polish their own resumes or pad their own pockets. … Read more
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Post by Robert Trigaux of Tampa Bay business news blog: Venture | Tampa Bay Times read more of this blogger's posts at http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/venturebiz
