Jeb Bush rethinks taking election powers after firestorm of criticism

[dzika]

Posted February 18 2005

Jeb Bush rethinks taking election powers after firestorm of criticism

Governor rethinks taking power from county election supervisors

By Brent Kallestad


Tallahassee · Facing a firestorm of criticism in the wake of an attempt to consolidate more elections supervisory powers under his authority, Gov. Jeb Bush signaled a willingness to compromise Thursday.

Some of the state's 67 elections supervisors said Bush broke faith with them when the secretary of state's office -- an agency of the governor's office -- disclosed its recommendations for changes in the state's elections laws in a late afternoon conference call Wednesday.

"This whole process comes at the 11th hour out of the blue, completely contradicting what the Division of Elections has been telling the supervisors of elections for the last two years," veteran Leon County elections chief Ion Sancho said Thursday. "It's clear the considerations to make this change are political and not legal ones."

The recommendations from Secretary of State Glenda Hood's office also blindsided legislative leaders.


more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-felect18feb18,0,2320468.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

[aquart]

1. Dear Glenda. Not a good witch, is she?

Re-think, my ass. No Bush re-thinks.

[Amaryllis]

6. Bad witch. Very bad. The baddest kind of bad witch.

[dzika]

2. "willingness to compromise"

In Bush-speak "willingness to compromise" probably means "I will do this regardless of your protests".

[Chicago1]

3. The Bush's DO NOT compromise, IT'S MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID. WE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW THE BUSHES FUNCTION. Who do they think they're fooling???

Waiting for the IMPEACHMENT WHILE THE SCANDALS KEEP UNFOLDING
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America's Work Stories

[kster]

4. dzika I'm

not sure of all the rules of making your own thread, but did you read this one http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=25753

[suffragette]

5. they really tried to sneak that through

Good thing Jeb and company are being called on it.
I hope they stand their ground and don't let Jeb push bad legislation through in the guise of "compromise."