So you think those amendments you all voted overwhelmingly for matter?
Not to your state reps, they don't care.


"Florida voters who heartily approved important amendments to the state Constitution can only wonder how the will of the people is being strangled by the obstructionist toils of the Republican-led Legislature.

Lawmakers insist they are merely refining details for measures approved by voters on the environment, medical marijuana, solar power, education and anti-gerrymandering rules affecting their own districts. But it's increasingly clear that legislators are trying to foil and blunt the ballot-approved initiatives.

In the case of the amendment to expand access to medical marijuana, approved last November by 71 percent of the voters, Republican lawmakers are proposing tighter rules on doctors' prescriptions, as well as other obstacles for patients who want to use medical marijuana.

Similarly, a constitutional amendment to expand the use of solar power, which drew 73 percent approval last year, has been met by a raft of obstructionist proposals that would bog down rooftop solar installation. They include rules language drafted by the state's major utility, Florida Power & Light. This isn't healthy legislative give-and-take, as supporters claim. It is transparent homage to the powerful utility and its generous political contributions.

The anti-gerrymandering amendment, which calls for strictly nonpartisan drawing of legislative district lines, struck fear into politicians after 63 percent of voters approved it in 2010. It's been marked by years of expensive, bare-knuckle resistance by a Legislature determined to draw the voting map in ways that favor incumbents.

Republican lawmakers now propose to dig in further by restricting the time period for legal challenges to new district maps. They would also subject judges who reject party machine maps to cross-examination during appeals - a move as vindictive as it is unconstitutional, and an insult to voters who approved a mandate for cleaner politics.

and there is more:

NYT Opinion

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

The Tea Partiers love the republicans since they love big sugar, corporations and utilities and hate workers tights and the environment.

When you are a man, you wear stretchy pants.
It's for fun.

oops!

Good news indeed. It is nice to see Republicans use their power for a change. Surprised that you progs don't feel the same way. You sure liked it when the PiC was doing the same at the federal level.

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I :heart; Q

What a fucking broken record you are.

What national referendum that passed with 70% of the vote did President Obama try to squelch?



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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

NYT!!

WG, BJman--need a better vocabulary!

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

Tea Baggers love whoever Faux tells them to love, period!

my damn vocabulary is just fucking fine.

(whatever that black x is supposed to be?)

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

The people were against everything he did.

Anyway, ya'll are getting a taste of your own medicine. And I am loving it. We should fight fire with fire and the Fl. GOP, at least, is doing that.

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I :heart; Q

The people were against everything he did.

Um, no. Not even close.

Florida: The home of Big Government. Ignore the will of the people.

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I was right.