League of Women Voters of Florida
Recommended Program 2009-2010
Florida League of Women Voters
National League of Women Voters

Government in Florida: promote an open government that is responsive to the people of the state.

Florida Constitution: Support basic law that assures a government resonsive and accountable to the people of the state.

Finance and Taxation: Support a state fiscal structure that is equitable in its distribution of the tax responsibility and is responsive to public needs.

Election Law: Support measures to protect, extend and encourage the use of teh franchise and to advocate fair methods of financing political campaigns.

Education in Florida:  Support for a free public school system for Florida with high standards for student achievement and with equality of educational opportunity for all that is financed adequately by the state through an equitable funding formula.

Justice in Florida: Support a judicial system that provides a unified court structure, improved provisions for judicial selection and merit retention and equal access to legal services.  Support a criminal justice system that emphasizes rehabilitation and alternatives to incarceration.

Social Policy in Florida:  Secure measure to implement Florida Health care in a manner consistent with the LWVUS position on health care reform.

Sustainability:  Support governmental action that results in sustainability.  Meeting the needs of the present without endangering the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.  Environment, society and the economy must be integrated and balanced to achieve a sustainable Florida.

Natural Resources of Florida:  Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest by recognizing the interrelationship of air quality, energy, land use, waste management and water resources.

Land Use:  Promote resource conservation, stewardship, and long-range planning, with the responsibility for managing natural resources shared by all levels of government.

Energy:  Support state legislation for energy conservation and greater use of renewable sources such as solar energy.

Freshwater Resources:  Support public policies that promote conservation of fresh water and its availability for environmental, public supply, agricultural, industrial and mining uses on a priority basis.




Health care reform becomes law
The League joined more than 200 organizations representing consumers, medical groups, businesses and labor in urging Congress to pass reform, running this ad in POLITICO, Roll CallThe Hill - and then celebrated the historic victory with thousands across the country.

"League of American Voters" at it again
As health care reform approached the finish line, the big-money conduit "League of American Voters" tried (and failed) again to derail health care reform by targeting 13 members of Congress in an expensive ad campaign. Mary Wilson spoke to POLITICO about the group's deceitful advertising.

Washington Post prints Wilson's letter to Chief Justice Roberts
Mary Wilson's hard-hitting letter, Feedback for the high court, resonated with legal blogs Gavel Grab and Political Activity Law and her message - "Buck up, Mr. Chief Justice. Occasionally there are some things you really need to hear" - was Election Law Blog's Quote of the Day.
We did it! Thanks to you and thousands of activists across the country, the League celebrated the historic final passage of health care reform this month. We can now begin to undo decades of neglect that has left millions of Americans at risk. This legislation is a monumental step in the fight for social justice. Thank you for taking action.
Mary G. Wilson, LWVUS President
Mary G. Wilson
President, LWVUS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SANIBEL
Deidre  Macnab, President of the League of Women Voters of Florida, announced that the Sanibel MAL unit met all of the requirements to be recognized as a local league.  LWV state board unanimously approved the action at their meeting on March 21, 2010.  "...Sanibel Island will now have a dedicated force of volunteer League members working to bring an objective and broad perspective on important issues to Sanibel residents,"  stated President Macnab.
 
League Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Since winning the right to vote in 1920 and working to end all discrimination against women, the League has been a driving force for progress and equality. From the suffragists who founded our organization 90 years ago, to the incredible women who work today to improve our communities and country as elected officials and volunteers, the League's women and men have a profound civic impact.