The just concluded 2011 Florida Legislative session was bashed by Democrats and editorial writers throughout the state as a banner year for bad legislation whose deleterious affects will be felt for years to come.
Some of the worst bills that came out of the state House were moderated or killed outright in the Senate, and a member of that body – New Port Richey's Mike Fasano – admits that "There was no major legislation that I remember that came to the Senate floor or out of the House floor that’s going to stimulate this economy as the people requested."
This article appears in May 12-18, 2011.