The 111th session of the Florida Legislature opens today. Sigh. During this sure-to-be-historic session, Florida legislators will face enormous questions about devising a sustainable revenue and budget structure, creating a genuine post-agricultural and post-growth economic base, deciding if and how to proceed with a mid-Florida commuter rail, and qualifying for an leveraging the ARRA federal stimulus funding. Sticky problems include managing the state’s epidemic of unemployment and mortgag

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A Weary Sigh for the Florida Legislature