The Democrats and Republicans convened last week and focused their attention on passing the state budget (Assembly Bill 40). Based on their stark and conflicting depictions of the bill, it was hard … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – All eyes are on Florida, once again
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Back in 2000, the eyes of the nation (and perhaps the world) were fixated on the state of Florida. At stake, the presidency of the United States. We all … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – GOP hypocrisy
By State Representative, Leon D. Young There is a new legislative campaign gaining momentum in the state Assembly, if enacted, would be another serious blow to open Democracy in … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Call it what you will
By State Representative, Leon D. Young There has been much debate and considerable political rancor concerning the state of our planet’s rapidly-changing climate. All too often in the … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – A mutiny in the ranks?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Back in February, Governor Scott Walker announced that he was rejecting Medicaid expansion under the federal health care law. He cited two reasons for … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – 50 million and counting
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Question: What do 50 million Americans have in common? A few years ago, an insightful response (to the aforementioned question) might have been the … [Read more...]
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Caiptol Report – Another Jackie Robinson moment for the Country?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Two weeks ago, Major League Baseball observed the 66th anniversary of a most historic event, when Jackie Roosevelt Robinson broke the color barrier with … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Pig in a blanket
By State Representative, Leon D. Young The state budget hearings are well underway. As you probably know, the Republican co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee elected to schedule only four … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Our politics should be local
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Tip O’Neill, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, once asserted that “all politics is local.” This particular expression is … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Grossly unfair
By State Representative, Leon D. Young This political issue has been called by a sundry of different names: equal pay, comparable worth, pay disparity, wage gap and pay equality to mention just … [Read more...]
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