11/14/2003
DCF without shame
Gainesville Sun is outraged at typical Jeb unctuousness on shameful cuts for the developmentally disabled.
"Shame on these providers, some of whom have scared people to say that we are going to shut down these facilities," Gov. Bush said Wednesday, as protests occurred around the state.
No, shame on you, Gov. Bush. Such sanctimony ill fits a shrewd politician who has presided over the slashing of billions of dollars in taxes.
As a result, students are now being turned away from community colleges, poor children are being denied health care coverage, and severely disabled Floridians, young and old, are being told that Florida can no longer afford to help them ease the burden of their daily lives.
Shame on providers? How about shame on a governor who - we have only recently learned - kept his mouth shut about a looming deficit in Florida's Medicaid program while he was persuading the Legislature to pay a California biotech research company $310 million to open a Florida operation.
Good strong stuff.
(Thanks to Fla. Politics for pointing it out.)
Protests in Ft. Myers, Gainesville, South Florida, Citrus County, Pensacola, Leesburg, Ocala and Tallahassee.
One example: in the Duval Home, in Volusia County, 93 clients will have to leave because of the cuts.
And meanwhile, what is DCF's priority? Spending $1.7 million on an initiative to encourage marriage.
"Shame on these providers, some of whom have scared people to say that we are going to shut down these facilities," Gov. Bush said Wednesday, as protests occurred around the state.
No, shame on you, Gov. Bush. Such sanctimony ill fits a shrewd politician who has presided over the slashing of billions of dollars in taxes.
As a result, students are now being turned away from community colleges, poor children are being denied health care coverage, and severely disabled Floridians, young and old, are being told that Florida can no longer afford to help them ease the burden of their daily lives.
Shame on providers? How about shame on a governor who - we have only recently learned - kept his mouth shut about a looming deficit in Florida's Medicaid program while he was persuading the Legislature to pay a California biotech research company $310 million to open a Florida operation.
Good strong stuff.
(Thanks to Fla. Politics for pointing it out.)
Protests in Ft. Myers, Gainesville, South Florida, Citrus County, Pensacola, Leesburg, Ocala and Tallahassee.
One example: in the Duval Home, in Volusia County, 93 clients will have to leave because of the cuts.
And meanwhile, what is DCF's priority? Spending $1.7 million on an initiative to encourage marriage.
