#Sayfie Snapshot - August 27, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics

Hot Click

Senate leadership battle gets ‘insulting,’ personal, via Marc Caputo of Politico Florida.

Twitter Trending

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Quotable

“Joe hasn’t won anything. Which time is this? The fourth time he declared victory or the fifth time he declared victory? Joe Negron’s timing is insulting to the president of the Senate. … It’s insulting to the Senate. It’s very selfish of Joe to do this. He’s not thinking about the Florida Senate. Joe Negron is only thinking of himself.”

- Sen. Jack Latvala, on Sen. Negron's announcement yesterday that he had secured enough support to be Senate President for 2017-18.

Statworthy

$20.2 billion. The Florida Board of Education adopted a proposal for $20.2 billion in state money for education yesterday. If approved by the Legislature, it would represent the highest funding level in state history.