Florida's New Home for Centrist Policy and Politics
Mar 15, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bernie Campbell
media@CIVICconcern.org
850.745.0618
Tallahassee, Florida -- With today's launch of the new, interactive CIVIC Concern website -- www.CIVICconcern.org -- Florida finally has a source for innovative, centrist ideas and accessible political information. The new site will provide Floridians with an opportunity to interact with decision-makers and voice their opinions, encouraging and assisting them in greater civic involvement.
A non-partisan, non-profit policy incubator and legislative watchdog, CIVIC is as an advocate for Florida's middle-class families. Committed to a more balanced political discussion in Florida, CIVIC will be the state's primary source for innovative policy proposals and plain-language information about what's happening in state government.
"Too many people have been shut out of the process in Florida for too long," said Bernie Campbell, CIVIC spokesperson. "One-sided government always leaves somebody on the outside looking in. In Florida, that somebody has been Florida's families, workers and children."
CIVIC will serve as a center for the development and implementation of practical solutions to the most critical issues facing Florida. It will provide Floridians with a partner in Tallahassee, one that ensures greater government accountability and greater responsiveness to their needs and concerns.
Campbell continued, "Tallahassee needs balance. For the last eight years, centrist solutions to long-standing state problems have not been welcome. CIVIC offers policy ideas that make good sense -- not just ideas that make good sound bites."
The CIVIC website provides information on current events, mechanisms for citizens to make their voices heard, forums for discussion of issues and policies, and a clearinghouse for the development of real solutions to our state's most critical problems. In short, it will be a single-source location for innovative policies and unbiased political information.