Fred Markham, of the Space Coast Progressive Alliance in Florida, discusses an article in the Orlando Sentinel that investigates a "culture of corruption" at the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.

Florida may be known as the “sunshine state”, but right now things are not looking sunny for the state’s partial public financing system. Florida State Senator Mike Haridopolos (R-Merritt Island) recently introduced legislation that would eliminate the Election Campaign Financing Act.

According to a recent article in the Tallahassee Democrat, it looks like Florida's system of partial public financing for Governor and state Cabinet races isn't going to get the ax this year, and that's good news for those looking to bring full public financing of campaigns to the state, and expand it to cover more offices.

The Tallahassee Democrat covers the Florida's legislature's "undo the amendment" spree which has them overturning voter-approved laws, like the partial public financing program for statewide offices, that enjoyed high levels of public support.

Well, heck. Their scheme to dismantle the whole of Florida's partial public financing program for statewide races hasn't panned out, but Republicans in Florida's House can still say they forced a cut in funding for the program. Wrong way guys!

Will Florida soon do away with its matching program of public financing for state candidates? The program, which exchanges spending caps for matches on individual contributions, has been under attack for sometime. Since it was passed by voters it has been weakened by opponents eager to get rid of the spending caps.