Theodore Roosevelt “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
GEORGE BUSH MENTALITY LIVES ON IN FLORIDA LEGISLATURE »
For eight long years the United States, under the mis-guided leadership of George Bush, took the wrong turn at every fork in the road. Whether the issue involved stem-cell research, the war and occupation of Iraq, de-regulation/lack of oversite of vital financial institutions, lack of preparation and response to federal emergency situations ie. Katrina, the environment and [...]
LETTER TO EDITOR OF THE ORLANDO SENTINEL »
Florida’s Legislature is considering passing an amendment to the Florida Workers’ Compensation act, knowing full well that it is unconstitutional. On March 25, retired Florida First District Court of Appeals Justice, Richard W. Irvin, was not even permitted to address a committee of the Florida Senate about this Constitutional concern.
This legislation will remove the word [...]
WHEN WILL OUR REPRESENTITIVES START CARING ABOUT US? »
Once again the Republican led Florida Legislature is in session and is considering measures designed to prevent injured workers from obtaining the benefits they need and are supposedly entitled to under the Florida Workers Compensation laws.
When the Workers Compensation laws were enacted the idea was to have a system in place that would allow those injured on [...]
ANOTHER ASSAULT ON THE RIGHTS OF INJURED WORKERS »
On Monday, February 16, 2009 Anitere Flores, a Republican member of the House of Representatives for District 114 in Miami, sponsored HB 903 which seeks to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murray v. Mariner Health. In that case the Court held that the employer or insurance company who wrongfully withholds benefits from an injured [...]
