Florida GOP legislature loads Nov. 2012 ballot with long-sought amendment proposals (as Jeb giggles)

[seafan]

Mary Ellen Klas reports in the St. Petersburg Times:


May 10, 2011

TALLAHASSEE — The just-finished legislative session will be remembered for more than the $3.8 billion deficit or the political meltdown that marred its finish. It will also be known for packing the November 2012 election ballot with seven constitutional amendments — from abortion to religion to property taxes.

The amendments are straight out of the Republican Party playbook: overturn abortion rulings, cap state revenue, lower property taxes, restrict court power, loosen the separation between church and state, and prevent President Barack Obama's health care law from taking hold in Florida.

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Democrats say the amendments are politically motivated and designed to attract conservatives to the polls in November 2012, when Obama faces re-election. Republicans say they are pursuing what they have been attempting for years and what voters elected them to do.

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The abortion amendment would make a federal ban on the use of public funds part of the state Constitution. It would also exempt abortion from the right to privacy in the state Constitution.
Abortion rights groups said the public funds ban is already in place, but they are more concerned with the provision about privacy.

Said Stephanie Kunkel of Planned Parenthood of Florida: "What this does is roll back women's right to privacy."

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Clap those soft, pudgy fingers. While you can.



Just as termites operate incessantly, these radical right wingers occupying our State House and others micromanaging from the shadows just offstage, never quit undermining the quality of the lives of everyday people in Florida.


Jeb Bush may not have accomplished all of this while in office, however, to have a loaded ballot for next year now in the pipeline must be sweet for him.


Now, all it needs is a detonator.






Now the campaign begins to defeat these egregious GOP poison pills on next year's ballot.



A review of the carnage of the 2011 Legislative session in Florida:



Worst of the 2011 Florida Legislature, by Howard Troxler in the St. Petersburg Times, May 8, 2011

Florida Legislature's 2011 session winners and losers, St. Petersburg Times, May 8, 2011

[William769]

1. "Democrats say the amendments are politically motivated and designed to attract conservatives to the

in November 2012". Would that not also attract Democrats to the polls?

[orangeapple]

2. apparently Democrats should fear elections and the voters

at least, I think that was the point.

I don't understand this cringing bullshit.