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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Wednesday, December 22, 2004

"Banana Republic"

    A group of former political heavyweights sued the state's higher education system Tuesday, saying public universities are being governed in an unconstitutional ''pork barrel'' fashion like a ``banana republic.''

    The lawsuit says the Legislature and governor have prevented establishing an independent Board of Governors, mandated by voters in a 2002 constitutional amendment, to oversee the state university system....

    "The result of such politicization of our educational system has tarnished the reputation and academic standing of our higher education system," York said, citing the Chronicle of Higher Education, which called the university system a banana republic.
    "Suit rips way colleges are run". See also "Lawsuit Takes Aim At Universities Board", "Gov. Bush's education 'superboard' challenged" and "Suit challenges capital's control of universities".

    Our Governous response is even less substantive than usual:
    Governor denies politics determine which campuses get plum programs
    "Bush: Colleges governed fairly". dred has some thoughts on this.

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