In this episode: Every year, Florida lawmakers take more power away from cities, counties, towns and school districts — stripping local communities across the state of ability to make decisions for themselves. Often in response to lobbying by some of the state’s largest corporations, Florida’s governor and Legislature have blocked locally elected leaders from passing laws that address water pollution, wages and benefits, gun safety, fossil fuels, rent control, and so much more. In this episode, Jason Garcia is joined by Danny Rivero, an investigative reporter at WLRN in Miami, whose series “Tallahassee Takeover” examined just how far Florida politicians have gone in eliminating local freedoms — and the long-term consequences of concentrating so much power in one place.
Show notes
Listen to “Tallahassee Takeover,” WLRN’s nine-episode series about the many ways that Florida politicians in Tallahassee are seizing control of cities, towns, counties and schools from the people who actually live in them.
Check out more of investigative reporter Danny Rivero’s work.
Further reading: There's a war on democracy in Florida. It's being waged by Big Business. (Seeking Rents)
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Florida is strangling its cities