NICOLE CRANBERG CROSBY Ponte Vedra Beach Historic City News reprinted with permission “Madam Chair, I had to check my watch to make sure it wasn’t April Fools.” Those were GOP Sen. Jeff Brandes' opening words in the Appropriations Committee debate over a bill that disqualifies perhaps 95% of Floridians from candidacy for the small, unpaid…
The bill disqualifies perhaps 95% of Floridians from candidacy for the small, unpaid position of Soil and Water Conservation District, Nicole Crosby writes.