Sunday, May 01, 2005

FLORIDA'S SUNDAY EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

The Miami Herald comments on the controveresy to change the rules on filibustering, saying that compromise is the best way to get things done in Congress.

Florida Today says that far right extremists are conducting a dangerous assult on the judicary and the rule of law.

The Lakeland Ledger wonders about "Very Deadly Hurricanes", referring to FEMA's paying for 315 funerals when the official death toll was only 123.

The Orlando Sentinel says that Jeb! and Senate President Tom Lee need to make good on their pledge to reform the state's growth management laws.

The Pensacola News Journal is wondering about a possible alternative site for the Blue Angels' annual show which is held at Pensacola Beach.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune looks at President Bush's latest energy proposal, which it says is heavily focused on the distant past and distant future.

The St. Petersburg Times laments the direction which the state's 26 judicial nominating commissions has taken, calling them the equivilent of Republican patronage committees.

The Tampa Tribune opines that the Jessica Lunsford Act was rushed through the Legislature, with uncertain consequences.

And the Winter Haven News Chief calls President Bush's news conference Thursday evening exactly what it was...a made-for-television event.

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