University of Florida Political Science professor Daniel Smith highlights the importance of making our politicians accountable to the people they serve rather than corporations whose contributions are silencing the voices of millions of ordinary Americans.

The executive director of Progress Florida and the campaign manager for the Fair Elections campaign teamed up in a letter to the editor in the St. Petersburg Times urging Congress to empower small donors through the Fair Elections Now Act.

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.