Bradenton Herald: Unsavory Prison Politics
The privatization lines have blurred in Florida. Few any longer even bother to dispute the fact that Florida’s republican-dominated legislature is engaged in attempted to privatize the state’s education apparatus via any means possible. The privatization template is currently placed over the state’s prison system. Like on education, republicans don’t seem to mind that their efforts are easily labeled as not being above-board. The editors of theBradenton Herald write:
The Legislature’s push toward the privatization of prisons in the state’s southern counties encountered a political maelstrom this week as Senate Republicans became embroiled in a squabble that could doom the ill-advised measure.
In an exercise of raw political power, Senate President Mike Haridopolos abruptly stripped Sen.