Supporters show true commitment to limited, accountable and transparent government TALLAHASSEE – The Florida chapter of Americans (AFP-FL) announced today that the following candidates and elected officials have endorsed Five for Florida: Mike Hill, Candidate for State House District 2 John W. Nobles, Candidate for State House District 2 “More than ninety candidates and elected [...]
Passage of HB 7011 marks great step forward for responsible use of taxpayer dollars Tallahassee, Florida—Today, Americans for Prosperity’s Florida chapter (AFP-FL) applauds the passage of HB 7011, which reforms the current state pension plan to place all new state employees into 401(k) style retirement plans. This legislation will stop placing state employees into the [...]
Government Should Let the Free Market and Competitive Business Environment Draw New Jobs Tallahassee, Florida— Today Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the nations premier grassroots advocate for economic freedom, in partnership with government watchdog group Integrity Florida, announced the release of the report Enterprise Florida: Economic Development or Corporate Welfare. The report analyzes Enterprise Florida’s (EFI) purpose compared with [...]
Florida’s taxpayers deserve improved access to public records, budgets and contracts Tallahassee, Florida—Today the Senate Governmental Oversight & Accountability Committee met to discuss government transparency and review presentations on two of the state’s current transparency websites. Americans for Prosperity’s Florida chapter (AFP-FL), with more than 145,000 activist members in the state, has outlined its 2013 legislative [...]
Today the Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee will meet and discuss municipal pensions. Florida’s municipalities have $19 billion in unfunded pension obligations. This is largely due to years of local elected officials making financially unsustainable promises to politically influential public employee unions, especially the powerful police and firefighter unions that have successfully lobbied elected [...]
