Florida Legislature needs to draw fair districts, stop gerrymandering The Gainesville Sun Editorial Board
As Floridians follow the latest in Corrine Brown’s fraud convictions which were recently overturned by a federal appeals court some might wonder how the former congresswoman ended up representing communities winding all the way from Jacksonville to Gainesville to Orlando.
Brown’s former congressional district was the epitome of gerrymandering, the term used to describe drawing legislative boundaries to favor a particular political party or incumbent. Brown served a dozen terms in Congress before being defeated in 2016, after she was indicted for her involvement in a scheme in which she received money from a scam charity.
Lawmakers, alumni, school officials back Richard Corcoran for FSU President
More than a dozen lawmakers, school officials and associations have sent letters of recommendation supporting Education Commissioner
Richard Corcoran for Florida State University President.
Corcoran
applied for the job earlier this week and is one of nearly two dozen applicants seeking the position currently held by
John Thrasher, who announced his retirement in September.
Letters obtained by Florida Politics show Corcoran has broad support among those he served alongside during his time in the Legislature, which culminated in a term as House Speaker for the 2017 and 2018 Legislative Sessions. He has also garnered support from alumni, school superintendents and others.
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