More kinda big news from greyhound racing world:
Longwood FL City Manager J.D. Cox announced Sanford Orlando Kennel Club property has been sold to Wood Partners Group "for a mixed-use development to go there."
"We're thrilled that that's occurring," he said. #FlaPol
The news, which seems to have not been reported anywhere (correct me if wrong), was announced at the end of last Monday's City Commission meeting.
Mayor @BPmattmorgan called the track "a very important property." #FlaPol
@BPmattmorgan The sale, however, should come as no shock: Amendment 13, passed last year, bans dog racing by the beginning of 2021; besides greyhounds, Sanford Orlando does not have a card room or slots. #FlaPol
In 1969, in a pre-Miranda case, the US Supreme Court ruled it was OK for police to lie to suspects during questioning, or use "deceptive interrogation tactics," as they're called.
Now, a Florida lawmakers wants to make that illegal when the suspect is a minor.
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Rep. Travaris McCurdy, an Orlando Democrat, today filed HB 109, which if passed would "create presumption that confession of minor during custodial interrogation is inadmissible...if law enforcement knowingly engaged in deception." myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Docum…
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The 1969 decision, Frazier v. Cupp, is here: courtlistener.com/opinion/1079
Pardon my Wikipedia quote: "The ruling provided a precedent for a confession being voluntary even though deceptive tactics were used."
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@GovRonDeSantis@richardcorcoran The state's school district superintendents were informed of the appeal later this evening by Public Schools Chancellor Jacob Oliva, who told them the state will therefore "resume enforcement" of ban on mask mandates w/o parental opt-opts. 2/
@GovRonDeSantis@richardcorcoran It should be noted the notice of appeal also appears to (helpfully) include a full transcript of the judge's oral ruling from the bench last week.
Again, that link is here: cloudup.com/cWcuLqaAlrm
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Circuit Judge John Cooper has issued a 25-page order in the Florida mask mandate case, including a partial transcript of his oral ruling from the bench last week. #FlaPol cloudup.com/c8uuG7qX67H
With a written ruling expected by day's end, @AGAshleyMoody is out with a formal opinion letter: As to in-school mask mandates, Florida school districts must follow "applicable statutes and reg's ... till the judiciary declares them invalid." #FlaPol documentcloud.org/documents/2105…
@AGAshleyMoody More: Circuit Judge John Cooper in fact is expected to issue a written ruling today after ruling from the bench last week that @GovRonDeSantis couldn't ban mask mandates in schools under existing law ("Parents' Bill of Rights"). usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
@AGAshleyMoody@GovRonDeSantis If memory serves, Cooper, however, did not declare the Parent's Bill of Rights invalid, but said the governor couldn't use it to do what he did. In fact, the opposite. It's all a bit confusing.
Hello and good morning.
I'll be tweet-covering Monday's @floridastate Board of Trustees mtg in which they will select one of three finalists to become the university's next president, succeeding @FSUPresThrasher.
Follow me here and at tallahassee.com starting at 9am
@floridastate@FSUPresThrasher The meeting has begun with public comment.
Will Hanley: FSU historian says U is an outlier as to its revenue streams, he wrote an op-ed for @TDOnline, said 35% of FSU budget comes from state, need to diversify, find new money elsewhere.
@floridastate@FSUPresThrasher@TDOnline Gary Tyson, FSU computer science professor, was on search committee when Thrasher was picked: He says he spoke with all three finalists, would be comfortable with any one of them.