2/20/2004
Senate swarmed
Another excellent Mary Jo Malone column on how the Senate leadership was stampeded into voting for the Shiavo bill.
It took King a while to realize that he had been fooled. Most of the callers, e-mailers and fax senders weren't from Florida. They were part of a well organized national campaign from the far right.
But most of the callers who contacted King after the vote last fall were Floridians, and they were infuriated at the adoption of what's called Terri's Law.
That is in line with a poll the Times and the Miami Herald took in December that showed two-thirds of us were against what the Legislature and the governor did.
It took King a while to realize that he had been fooled. Most of the callers, e-mailers and fax senders weren't from Florida. They were part of a well organized national campaign from the far right.
But most of the callers who contacted King after the vote last fall were Floridians, and they were infuriated at the adoption of what's called Terri's Law.
That is in line with a poll the Times and the Miami Herald took in December that showed two-thirds of us were against what the Legislature and the governor did.
