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Staff Writer, Tampa Bay Times

Jeffrey S. Solochek is a reporter for the Tampa Bay Times.

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Charlie Crist
stated on September 16, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Rick Scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers "lost their jobs" and "class sizes went up."

By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Charles Van Zant
stated on March 22, 2014 in speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress:

A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."

By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on March 19, 2014 in a letter to supporters:

For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on November 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:

Says Rick Scott "cut education by $1.3 billion" in his first year, then "in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities."

By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2013
Pam Stewart
stated on October 15, 2013 in a public hearing in Tampa:

For the state of Florida, "there is not an additional cost with implementation of the Common Core standards."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 27, 2013
Public comments at a Common Core hearing
stated on October 15, 2013 in Tampa, Fla.:

Teachers were not involved in developing the Common Core State Standards.

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 21, 2013
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 in a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett:

New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Heather Fiorentino
stated on August 7, 2012 in a campaign mailer:

As Florida secretary of state, Kurt Browning "allowed 1,800 illegal voters to register in Florida."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • August 9, 2012
Rick Scott
stated on June 29, 2012 in a TV interview with Greta Van Susteren:

A company with "20 employees" could go "out of business" because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.

By Tia Mitchell • July 3, 2012
Heather Fiorentino
stated on March 1, 2012 in a press release:

Pasco County "opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012