Matt Gaetz for Florida House of Representatives

Herald: Fla. could curb lawsuits against doctors

peter — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:53:52 +0000

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach and sponsor of the House bill, said his legislation will make Florida more attractive for doctors. One of the aims of his legislation is to cut down on the number of unneeded tests given by doctors to ward off potential lawsuits, he said.

“This will be a great place to practice medicine,” Gaetz said.

SSN: Bills align judicial panel terms with Governor, raise judges’ retirement age

peter — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:03:49 +0000

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, and Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, have introduced bills authorizing the governor, upon taking office, to replace the five members of the JNC appointed by his predecessor instead of having to wait for their staggered terms to expire.

Gaetz wants governor to choose student rep for higher education panel

peter — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:02:14 +0000

Gaetz said he’s called for the vote to change the constitution because students at Florida State University asked him to do so. He said the elective process as it exists now amounts to a “pay for play” system.

NwFDN: Taking a chance on casinos

peter — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:17:58 +0000

Rep. Matt Gaetz asserted that “Florida would never be discussing gambling if we weren’t facing a budget crunch.”

Herald: Lawmakers get snarky on Twitter

peter — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:16:17 +0000

At least two Tallahassee insiders took jabs at the 50 or so Occupy Tallahassee protesters who marched and chanted during the address.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar (@mattgaetz) wrote, “with all the lovely flowers in the House chamber, I can barely smell the Occupy people outside.”

NSF: Matt Gaetz calls out Occupy protestors

peter — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:46:49 +0000

One of the newest grass-roots movements hit state government today, as the Occupy protestors descended upon the Capitol for the first day of the 2012 legislative session. Don’t count Rep. Matt Gaetz as a fan. And Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, is one of the Capitol’s more prolific legislative tweeters.

NWF Daily News: Keep Eglin’s missions

peter — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:40:41 +0000

Task force member and state Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, compared the latest moves of a military trying to cut expenses to a BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) process without public input.

“The issue we are in essence going through is a BRAC process without the benefit of BRAC itself,” he said.