100 Innovative Ideas For Florida's Future
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http://www.100ideas.org/
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State Representative Marco Rubio, incoming Speaker of the House (2006-08), has initiated a new website: “100 Innovative Ideas For Florida’s Future”. The site provides all Floridians an opportunity to give their input in developing the 100 most innovative ideas that will help lead the direction of Florida government over the next ten years.
We encourage you to visit the “100 Ideas” site and share your innovative ideas:
Then give us your comments on our blog concerning your evaluation of the website’s objectives and usefulness.
We can make a difference!
posted by Blog Master @ 1:00 PM
32 Comments:
You can tell that Mr. Rubio is not your typical “good old boy” politician. I checked out his background and he is just in his early 30’s. We need more like him. The website is well designed, easy to use and is already providing some great ideas. A politician who is actually asking for citizen input is hard to find these days! That is particularly true in Marion County.
The website is a good idea. Finding 100 new ideas won't be difficualt. The problem will be finding anyone in government who can get any of the ideas put into action. Results is not something our government is used to.
I noticed that the website is seeking input on one of the things we have been discussing on the blog: the amendment to split school districts. One of the legislators has asked a question about this.
We are responding to a request received via e-mail.
To learn more about “100 Innovative Ideas For Florida’s Future”, you can access a good article by copying and pasting the following into your internet address block:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-cnevins26nov26,0,1183429.column?coll=sfla-news-col
Charles,
If you are still out there, I want to hear from you on this before I attempt to use the website.
Moi? What the heck am I able to add?
Charles didn’t give us his comments on the website, but I’ll give you my two cents worth.
I like being able to rate the innovative ideas that have already been proposed. This gives you a good evaluation as to how other people rank them as a priority. Also, there is a discussion area that is much like this blog and is good for getting more detail on why people agree or disagree with some of the ideas being proposed.
It is a positive that the next three House leaders are all committed to making sure the 100 innovations get implemented.
IMO the site is outstanding for the same reasons Stan cites.
Three of the issues posted to date seem to relate to the local scene, taxes, Habitat, and underground utilities. Yes, I am part of Florida, but I doubt my opinion make a difference, what, with all the gun rules we seem to be concerned with.
I fear that if we try to monkey with the property tax issue, we are going to end up with less tax income, and more exemptions. It ain't that bad, IMO, so lets monkey with something else.
I think Habitat is a great idea, because it fosters single family homes, and gets kids used to the nice things thereunto appertaining. Hopefully, they will aspire to have their own home when they grow up. As adults, we seem to gravitate to many things of our youth.
I really like underground utilities in subdivisions. Maybe our local government will add this to the next round of requirments for new subdivisions. I am quite sure developers will oppose it, but most of the nicer subdivisions have them.
The 100 Ideas for Florida’s Future is probably going to be typical of what happens in Florida politics. The Republicans will go out and get the good ideas and the Democrats will sit on their butts and wait to kill all of them. That’s politics as usual in Florida!
If the Dems are smart, they will cherry pick the best ideas and take the lead in getting them rolling. Anyone think they will do this? I sure don’t.
DJ is right on target with his comments.
Hopefully, use of the 100 Ideas site will pick up over the next few months. It is new and not being used very much right now.
I like the idea of giving us regular guy citizens an opportunity to give input on the future of Florida. I hope that more of the community meetings are depended on than just the website. Many people whose ideas should be obtained, don't have computers or web access.
Someone mentioned the Democrats probably working against this idea. If they were smart they would have thought of this and began their own agenda for improving Florida. Just bitching about everything doesn't cut it.
I think this will be a very good document for the future of Florida. As other have said, putting it into action will be the proof of the "book".
The website for the 100 Innovative Ideas is sure not getting much action! I have seen only about 20+ people add anything to it. Probably like most webs/blogs, many "lookers" but not many people giving opinions ideas--just follow what everyone else says. A problem with our government at all levels today.
Agree with Dave. It is a good idea. Hope this amounts to something.
Marco Rubio…..100 Ideas looks like a plan for him to become Governor of Florida someday. It is a good one.
Mr. Rubio and those supporting the 100 Ideas website had better kick their webmaster in the butt. They need more publicity and utilization of the site---it is great!
I notice that some of the people who contribute to this blog have also added good comments to the 100 Innovative Ideas site.
i really like the idea of the week:
deregulate power companies and eliminate the need for the public services commission.
Good idea. Many things government tries to do could be done better by the private sector. I think this is one of many.
I hope some of our local legislators schedule an Idearaiser. They may get more good ideas from that than on the website.
As I stated on a comment in another section, little press coverage because it is a Republican idea.
I like the fact that you can actually chat with a State Representative on the website.
Tallahassee idea-raiser
A Times Editorial
Published January 25, 2006
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The book with the blank pages is a gimmick, but what Marco Rubio insists he wants for Florida politics is not. Rubio, a 34-year-old Republican who is slated to become the first Cuban-American House speaker after the November elections, says the contest he will welcome in the Capitol is one of ideas.
"The political process shouldn't be about who has the money and the power," Rubio says. "It should an intellectual exercise, a laboratory of ideas."
Rubio's plan, to fill the empty "100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future" book prior to his start as speaker, is easy enough to ridicule as either naive or a contrivance. But he is young enough to claim some deniability for the cynical, partisan, special-interest politics that define Tallahassee, and his life story underscores his call to "leave for our children a better life than our own."
In recent years, leaders in both legislative chambers have come to their posts with limited agendas. They have been either pragmatic about the limitations, focused on legislative mechanics, or, as in the case of past speaker Johnnie Byrd, looking mainly to make a name for themselves.
By contrast, Rubio is already touring the state and asking questions. He and other House members, including John Legg in Pasco, are holding what they call "idea-raisers." They also direct people to participate through a Web site, www.100ideas.org
The point, Rubio says, is to bridge the disconnect between lawmakers and the people they represent. In September, when the House formally chose him as speaker-designate, he told his colleagues to think about a single mother who has little hope in her life. "Who will defend her dreams for her child?" he asked. ". . . If our goal is simply to win elections, or to use our service here as a springboard to another office, then her cause will be of little interest to us."
Talk has always been the cheap coin of politicians, but Rubio soon enough will get to show whether he is serious about changing the poisonous culture. If he is, he will need and deserve the help of those who think Tallahassee never listens.
The website is getting a bit more activity and comments since the last time I looked at it.
The 100 Ideas website has added another section that is very good. Check out the area called: “Read Results From Idearaisers”. Some good suggestions from the various groups who have participated.
They revised the format and took away the blog aspect of the site. Bad idea!
Dennis Baxley has scheduled an Idearaiser for February 28 in Ocala with Rep. Rubio. See the details in the blog section "Elected Officials: Media Releases".
Hope someone does one of these Idearaisers in Alachua County.
They have "changed" the website again. Hard to find the new ideas list.
Nice to see so many education system ideas. Now will anything be done with them?
Check out the 100 Ideas website, they have a new format. Easier to use.
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