From Teenvogue.com:
Climate Activists Xiye Bastida, Isra Hirsi, and Leah Thomas on Looking to the Past to Shape a Sustainable Future
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-activists-teen-vogue-summit-2021
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Legislative Update Nov 7, 2021
From our Legislation Director, Jim Bonfiglio:
Some hopeful optimism from Las Vegas. The news is that there is no news on the Texas-style abortion law. It’s early, but the sound of crickets from Florida lawmakers about bringing something similar to the Sunshine State is telling. The Florida Phoenix reported a bill filed in September by Republican Rep. Webster Barnaby that essentially copycats the Texas law has gained no traction. HB 167 has no companion bill in the Senate and no co-sponsor in the House. Senate President Wilton Simpson and House Speaker Chris Sprowls don’t appear to be on board. And Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, who chairs her chamber’s rules committee, already voiced opposition. So it sounds like the bill is probably toast for this session. hope this link works.
There is a nail-biter pending in the 20th Congressional district race to replace Alcee Hastings. Home health care business owner Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness are separated by three votes out of more than 49,000 ballots cast in Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary, as of Friday morning. This triggered a machine recount and most likely a manual recount after that. The race winner will not be certified until Nov. 14 because the Broward and Palm Beach SOEs still have to accept and count military and overseas ballots that are received up to Nov. 12 but postmarked as of the date of the special election.
Legislative Update 10/29/21
Legislative update from our Legislative Director, Jim Bonafiglio:
Gov. DeSantis, facing a recent suit filed by The Harvard Election Law Clinic, set the special election to fill the vacancies that arose when several electeds filed to fill the District 20 Congressional seat left vacant when Alcee Hastings passed. The three state districts, Broward Co. Senate District 33, and Palm Beach County House seats Districts 88 and 94 were left vacant as of January 2022 when Sen. Perry Thurston and Reps. Bobby DuBose and Omari Hardy, resigned to qualify for Hasting’s open seat. The governor set the primary date for each seat on Jan. 11, 2022 and the general election on March 8.Coincidentally the Democrats will have fewer members in each chamber for the 60-day legislative session next year, which starts Jan. 11 and ends March 11 because whoever wins will not be seated for the 2022 session. For more info see:
Gov. DeSantis’ right wing Surgeon General designate Dr. Joseph Ladapo and his aides refused to wear a mask at a scheduled meeting to garner support for his confirmation hearing with immuno-compromised Sen. Tina Polsky. Sen. Polsky is fighting stage 1 breast cancer. She underwent a lumpectomy in September and is scheduled for radiation treatment. Sen. Polsky’s office has a sign asking visitors to wear a mask. The smug appointee and his aides refused, so after several uncomfortable minutes no meeting occurred. The right wing media has blamed Sen. Polsky for her “inconsistent” stance, and her refusal to compromise with Dr. Ladapo. Sen. Polsky noted that she sometimes does not wear a mask when meeting with people she knows have been vaccinated. For more info see:
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