FL's 2021 legislative session: A smelly storm of Bad Ideas

It’s that time of year, dear readers, when the Florida Legislature gets ready to descend upon Tallahassee like a flock of incontinent pigeons.

The 2021 Session will be a smelly storm of Bad Ideas, the likes of which you haven’t seen since Rick Scott, last seen on the U.S. Senate floor coloring in a blank map of Asia during Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, was governor.

Here are some preliminary pick hits:

The Almost Certainly Unconstitutional

HB1 would get tough on protests, especially the ones with too many people of color and young people, marching against, say, police brutality.

It’s already illegal to riot, destroy property, or assault people. This bill is intended to discourage that annoying freedom of assembly thing.

Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2021/02/23/fls-2021-legislative-session-a-smelly-storm-of-bad-ideas/