What your Legislature did instead of taking care of you

By: Diane Roberts

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 1,660

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Back in the last century, before condos choked the beaches and theme parks displaced orange groves, I was a page in the Florida House of Representatives.

All you had to do was fetch coffee and copies of bills for men in fat ties who called you “Young Lady.”

For this, you got a week off school and $50.

It was a lesson on how the Legislature worked.

Or didn’t.

Sure, they made speeches about serving …

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