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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Spineless

    Even though the original privatization oversight measure "passed the House 116-2 and the Senate 39-0,
    [t]he Legislature won't meet to override Gov. Jeb Bush's veto of a bill that would have increased government privatization oversight.

    Democrats sought to force an override session by turning in enough signatures to require a poll of lawmakers. But the poll found support far short of what would have been needed to force the Republican-dominated Legislature to override their fellow Republican Bush.

    If 72 House members and 24 Senators had responded with a yes on the poll by Secretary of State Glenda Hood, a veto override session would have been called. But only four senators and 30 House members responded with a "yes," Hood spokeswoman Jenny Nash said Monday.

    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.
    "Poll: Little support for veto override on contracting bill".

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