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The Blog for Thursday, April 28, 2005

Gloves Off

    Lee don't like "Jeb!" much:
    In a startling rebuke to Gov. Jeb Bush, Senate President Tom Lee said Wednesday the governor should "watch what he says" in the heated final days of the legislative session.
    Governor told to 'watch what he says'". More specifically:
    Senate President Tom Lee, responding to accusations of political game-playing, said Wednesday that Gov. Jeb Bush plagiarized Senate plans to regulate development throughout the state.

    "As class size and Medicaid reform begin to languish, and the governor's legislative agenda begins to fall apart, he decides to cannibalize on the work product of the men and women in the (Senate) Community Affairs Committee and launch a growth management program that is essentially plagiarism of the Senate," Lee said.

    "I think the biggest game of the session has probably been played by the governor's office," Lee said.
    "Senate leader accuses governor of 'plagiarism' on growth". See also "Senate President rips Jeb Bush over Medicaid, growth issues":
    The cause for the blow-up, though, was Bush's reaction to the Senate's refusal to confirm Allen Levine as secretary of Bush's Agency for Health Care Administration. Levine was Bush's deputy chief of staff in 2003 when he sent an e-mail to supporters suggesting they recruit opponents for Lee and other GOP senators who opposed Bush's attempt to limit medical malpractice lawsuits.

    Bush will now have to re-appoint Levine and try to have him confirmed next spring. If the Senate again refuses, he would not be allowed another reappointment.

    Bush told reporters Tuesday: "I've told him (Levine) not to worry about it. Stay above the fray, don't get involved in the little games people play inside this building and focus on doing his job."
    See also "Senate president gives Bush a warning" See also "Senate leader reproaches Bush for recent remarks".

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