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The Blog for Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Less than Zero

    My estimate of how how many GOoPers vote to override "Jeb!"
    House Democrats on Tuesday sent a petition to the Secretary of State that will force a poll of legislators on whether they should vote to override Gov. Jeb Bush's veto of a bill that would have increased government privatization oversight.

    A spokeswoman in Secretary of State Glenda Hood's office confirmed that the Democrats turned in a petition with the necessary 32 signatures, which will require Hood to poll the Legislature within the next seven days on whether to try a veto override.

    The bill (SB 1146) Bush vetoed would have created a commission to approve state contracts worth more than $10 million and to adopt contracting standards for state agencies.

    The bipartisan measure, which passed the House 116-2 and the Senate 39-0, came in the wake of questions about several state contracts, including the outsourcing of the state payroll system, which was questioned by lawmakers who complained about glitches.
    "Democrats hope for veto override on privatization bill".

    Take a look at this badly headlined story - "Special session to override veto unlikely after lawmaker's ploy":
    Sen. Nancy Argenziano, said late Tuesday that House Minority Leader Chris Smith's efforts effectively sabotaged her attempt to rally lawmakers of both parties to add consideration of the bill to a special session on the Broward County slot machine referendum expected in October or November.
    As if Argenziano's efforts would have made any difference, other than shifting credit to the GOP for the effort. More power to the Dems for taking the lead, although the ultimate result was enevitable - the GOoPer run Florida Legislature simply cannot stand up to Bushco.

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