A live worked example using the Stevens method and Florida Chapter 119 There’s a story developing in Broward County right now. A city is in the middle of a high-stakes public safety decision — whether to break a decades-long contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and form its own police and fire departments. The debate is loud, political, and closely …
The Law They Didn’t Read On March 10, 2026, the Florida Legislature passed SB 1134, the most sweeping anti-DEI bill to reach a governor’s desk in American history. The House voted 77-37. The Senate voted 25-11. Governor DeSantis is expected to sign it. It takes effect January 1, 2027. The bill’s sponsors say it kills DEI. They’re right. It also …
TL;DR At the Jan 2026 Deerfield Beach Commission meeting, BSO officials proposed funding a new fire-rescue study in exchange for a two-year contract extension—a move critics call a ‘delay tactic’ to avoid municipal independence. I’ve been around Deerfield Beach politics long enough to know when a room gets nervous. Not loud. Not chaotic. Nervous. That was the vibe at the …