TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Time is running out on legislation aimed at further reforming the state’s much-maligned guardianship system, which is supposed to protect Florida’s most vulnerable citizens from people who aim to exploit them. The nearly identical bills by Sen. Ileana Garcia, R-Miami, and Rep. Rita Harris, D-Orlando, would provide more transparency and oversight of guardians and their wards .
Today we’re talking about cities’ rights to monitor their own police departments and parents’ rights to raise their own kids the way they want — two rights Florida lawmakers are trying to take away. Interestingly, though, in one of these cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning fellow Republicans legislators to back off — and may end up embarrassing quite a few Democrats in the process. Let’s start .
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