COUNTY  

WCTV 

Commissioner wants county to ‘affirm commitment to democracy,’ citing state legislature  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor, District 1, announced Wednesday he would be submitting a proclamation to the Leon County Commission to “affirm” the County’s “commitment to democracy.” 

 

ABC 7  

Sarasota County announces new automated system for non-emergencies  

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – The Sarasota County Public Safety Communications Center has implemented a new automated attendant system for the sheriff’s office non-emergency line. 

 

LEGISLATION 

Citrus County Chronicle 

WORRISOME PREEMPTION Enactment would impede local control  

Preemption legislation that would impede local control over local matters is on the verge of becoming law with Senate passage of SB 170 and its companion bill, HB 1515, having reached the House floor for a vote. 

 

Florida Politics 

Bill loosening School Board residency requirements headed to Senate floor  

The bill has one more vote to go before awaiting the Governor’s signature. 

 

Orlando Weekly 

Florida Republicans take aim at ‘living wage ordinances’ and, by extension, working families  

Escalating the Florida Legislature’s attacks this year on working Floridians, Republicans now want to prevent local governments from requiring that companies they contract with pay their employees a living wage that exceeds Florida’s current minimum wage of $11 per hour.