Public Affairs

Florida TaxWatch (FTW) has served as the eyes and ears of taxpayers, making Florida a better place to work, live, play and run a business.

Did you know Florida is currently studying three new multi-use corridors that will greatly benefit our state, and public participation is vital to the process? Connecting Florida, a coalition focused on Florida’s infrastructure needs, supports the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance program and recognizes we must plan for future growth, while protecting our environment.

Have a toothache? You may be out of luck. One in four Floridians live in areas designated by the government as having a shortage of dentists. These areas include Leon, Orange and Duval counties.   

On Monday, Oct. 28, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women honored inductees Doris Mae Barnes, Dr. Judith Ann Bense and Mildred Wilborn Gildersleeve to the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Orlando, Florida.

Is your email inbox full of appeals for contributions as candidates for Congress and the White House cast their digital nets far and wide?

Fifty-five percent of registered women voters turned out during the 2018 elections, yet in the U.S. Congress, only 19 percent, or 105 women, hold federal office.  

As a general consultant advising campaigns, causes, foundations, corporations and associations, it’s the very best to find bright, caring people who want to make a positive difference in other peoples’ lives.

Money in politics is likened to water running downhill. It finds its way.