Showing posts with label Rick Roth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Roth. Show all posts

Monday, January 7, 2019

Florida Banana Republicans Dennis Baxley and Rick Roth

Florida GOP once again to suppress direct democracy
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Over the past few decades, Floridians frustrated that the Legislature won’t advance important reforms have gone directly to the ballot box to pass amendments to the Florida Constitution. But that could get harder under a new proposal by two Republican legislators.
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Central Florida Republican Dennis Baxley has introduced a resolution in the Florida Senate that would increase the percentage needed to pass Florida Constitutional amendments from 60 percent to 66 and two-thirds percent. A companion bill has been filed by Palm Beach County Republican Rick Roth in the Florida House of Representatives. HERE

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Florida GOP Rick Roth

Florida politicians don't like it when you take control of your own government. They want to be the ones pulling the strings ... well, they and their lobbyist pals. So Florida GOP Rick Roth has introduce a bill to make a Constitutional amendment harder to pass. He wants to raise it to 67 percent. here
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BTW.  He only got 58 percent of the vote in his last election