Florida Chief Financial Officer Candidate Loranne Ausley, PTA members, local school officials, and teachers today launched an online petition to fight back against the vow of Senate President Jeff Atwater and the Republican Legislature to pass a new version of Senate Bill 6, the ill-fated bill from last session that would have crippled community control of public schools, punished experienced teachers, forced students to take dozens more standardized tests like the FCAT, and forced millions more tax dollars to be used to pay for the expansion of testing.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Candidate Loranne Ausley today stood with members of the law enforcement community outside of the Central Florida Reception Center to blast Senate President Jeff Atwater for his role in forcing the Department of Corrections to cut 71 Prison Work Squads.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Candidate Loranne Ausley today announced her four-part plan to clean up the mess in Tallahassee. As a former legislator and outspoken critic of Florida’s closed door budgeting process, Ausley understands the games politicians play with taxpayer money – and she has a plan to put a stop to it.