So for those incurably truculent in Tallahassee, here is the reality of what happened:
You cheated. You got caught. And now you're pouting. What's infuriating is their arrogance. These are elected officials who willfully ignored constitutional amendments passed by a vast majority of Florida voters, and now they want to blame the state Supreme Court for calling them out on it?
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“I believe at my core that the Florida Supreme Court has grossly overstepped its boundaries,”
Rep. Dana Young
“I believe at my core that the Florida Supreme Court has grossly overstepped its boundaries,”
Rep. Dana Young
Sen. Tom Lee pouted that the court maybe violated his First Amendment rights and muttered darkly about hiring a
personal lawyer.
"Redistricting does not, it’s fair to say, bring out the best in people."
Registered Democrats in Florida still outnumber registered Republicans by 400,000, yet Republicans hold 17 seats in Congress to the Dems’ 10. Some might say that ain’t exactly genuine representation.
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Remember the class size amendment? Ignored. We passed “Polluter Pays,” demanding that Big Sugar and Big Ag clean up their Everglades mess, in 1996. Still waiting on that one. More than 75 percent of voters said yes to conservation land acquisition last year. The Legislature’s response was to blow off the will of the people. Again.
As for Fair Districts, in 2010, Floridians approved two constitutional amendments instructing the Legislature to create districts that made geographical
and community sense.
and community sense.
Instead, its members cut secret deals and lied. here
For the folks that keep voting for these people,
we got your back!
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