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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted."Just 12 miles northeast of Fort Meyers—a community devastated by the hurricane with total loss of power, water, and massive loss of life—another community not only came through the hurricane just fine but never even lost power."
Opinion | How This Solar Town Survived Hurricane Ian Shows the Promise of a Green Energy Future
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"The Babcock Ranch community near Ft Meyers shows building a resilient and low-carbon America will save both money and lives."
"In the aftermath of such a vast natural disaster, the needs will be huge and they’ll last for years — something that DeSantis may not have understood when, as a newly elected congressman from Florida, he voted against aid for those in New York and New Jersey hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2013. He later explained that he felt the money was appropriated for too many years and some would be used for 'extraneous stuff' that could not be called emergencies. This time, though, the storm hit here. The problems are here. The effects — enormous, long-lasting and too overwhelming for the state to bear alone — will be here, now and far in the future. Not extraneous at all. The governor asked for and got a major disaster declaration from President Biden and, with it, federal assistance to help Floridians piece their lives back together. That was clearly the only thing to do, even in such a bitterly partisan era, just six weeks out from elections. It’s funny how the harsh realities of Hurricane Ian expose the culture wars for what they are: empty distractions ginned up by faux outrage."
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article266485051.html#storylink=cpy
Culture wars won’t fix Florida after Hurricane Ian. Time for real work, lawmakers | Editorial
www.miamiherald.com
The harsh realities of Hurricane Ian expose the culture wars for what they are: empty distractions ginned up by faux outrage, says the Editorial Board
"Thanks to Hurricane Ian, Florida is about to experience an insurance crisis that could send your already-high rates even higher, limit your insurer choices even more and cost taxpayers billions.
There’s nothing mankind could do to stop Ian. But there was plenty Florida politicians could’ve done to help prepare its insurance market.
In fact, this crisis was totally predicted. Watchdogs urged Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislators to take action. But the politicians were more interested in screaming about critical race theory and demonizing LGBTQ families.
You know this. Think about how many stories you read about GOP lawmakers trying to pass 'anti-woke' legislation vs. how many stories you read about them trying to stabilize the insurance market. Well, now you’re about to pay the price.
This is what happens when you elect people more interested in politicking than governing."
Florida knew the insurance crisis was coming. Lawmakers waged culture wars instead. | Commentary
www.orlandosentinel.com
Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers knew the insurance crisis was mounting long before Hurricane Ian. But they waged culture wars instead. Now we’ll all pay the price.Charlie Crist demands all info behind decision on Martha's Vineyard migrant flight
Charlie Crist demands all info behind decision on Martha's Vineyard migrant flight
floridapolitics.com
The Democrat accused the Governor of breaking lie for the sake of a "heartless political game."
"Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott voted against last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law, which devotes some $50 billion to help states better prepare for events like Ian, because they said it was wasteful. And in August, they joined every fellow Republican in the Senate to oppose a new climate law that invests $369 billion in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the largest such effort in the country’s history.
At the same time, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has blocked the state’s pension fund from taking climate change into account when making investment decisions, saying that politics should be absent from financial calculations."
Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid.
www.nytimes.com
Senior Republican politicians in the state have opposed federal action against global warming, which is making storms like Hurricane Ian more destructive.
"In Southwest Charlotte County, there are 10 elementary schools, four middle schools and three high schools. But no students or staff are in them because of Hurricane Ian.
Likewise, DeSoto County, with just seven schools, also are closed. Same goes for Hardee, Lee and Sarasota counties.
In all, the Florida Department of Education has reported five Florida school districts that remain shut down “until further notice,” leaving almost 168,000 schoolchildren unable to attend classes for an unknown amount of time."
floridaphoenix.com
In Southwest Charlotte County, there are 10 elementary schools, four middle schools and three high schools. But no students or staff are in them because of Hurricane Ian. Likewise, DeSoto County, with...
"The federal law prohibiting sex discrimination also bars colleges and universities from denying counseling and other services to abortion patients and contraception to all students—even in states where abortion is now severely restricted, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday.
The guidance, which clarifies the longstanding rules for federal Title IX funding that virtually all colleges and universities receive, comes as several states have moved to ban or greatly limit abortion. The federal insistence on compliance with the Title IX regulations appears to be in conflict with some state policies.
The University of Idaho, for example, issued a memo last month telling its employees not to provide reproductive health counseling or contraception in order to comply with a state law."
floridaphoenix.com
The federal law prohibiting sex discrimination also bars colleges and universities from denying counseling and other services to abortion patients and contraception to all students—even in states wh...
"U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map and could potentially eliminate remaining federal safeguards against racial gerrymandering.
Voting rights advocates fear that the high court’s conservative majority will further weaken the Voting Rights Act, with implications for voters in states across the country.
The case, Merrill v. Milligan, considers whether the 2021 redistricting map for Alabama’s seven congressional districts violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it dilutes the collective voting power of Black voters.
Black voters make up more than a quarter of the state’s population, but only one congressional district—which makes up about 17% of the state’s population—would be majority Black under the Alabama plan, drawn up by the Republican-controlled state legislature after the 2020 census."
Alabama case that could limit Voting Rights Act heard at U.S. Supreme Court - Florida Phoenix
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map and could potentially eliminate remaining federal safeguards against r...