Historically, we're not allowed to have more than one migrant issue each session. So overall, we've done very well.
It's a first to have a bill up and out in the first week. That is a historical event.
The poor are not perceived as voters. You can see that's what legislators think when they make these spending decisions.
Building up reserves for the sake of reserves is just as questionable as spending when you don't need to. The poor pay these taxes, too. And there are needs.
The money is there; now we can only hope the will to do something for poor Floridians will follow.
I anticipated a cut, but I didn't think it would be that big.
The (contractor) provider is increasingly having more authority on services they are going to provide.
That's good, but it's not outreach. If you don't have people in the community that are meeting in the schools and getting support, you won't get the kids.
We've been trying to get that back for three years.
The insurance and health-care industries are in business to make money. They obviously thought it might be beneficial to them to give to the party with all the changes taking place. Apparently Florida's ... Medicaid recipients didn't get their contributions in on time.
