11/08/2004
Mandate fever, is it catching?
Jeb has mandate fever and wants the Legislature to catch it. You know that means -- vouchers, vouchers, vouchers with vouchers on the side, fried vouchers and vouchers with cream. And getting the Legislature to just forget about the scandals over their abuse and the general lack of accountability in the system.
This time, though, Jeb is working with a different Legislative leadership that is committed to acting like big people -- unlike a certain speaker of the house whose name is no longer spoken in Tallahassee. And leadership that is less interested in wedge-issue ideological warfare or figure-out-the-details-later initiatives from the governor's office.
They actually want to deal with wonk stuff like growth management (not in the tree-hugger sense but in the who-pays-for-growth sense), budget reform, legislative procedural change . . . We'll see how long that lasts.
But first, there's the hurricane special session coming up next month. (It was delayed until after the elections to ensure nobody would need to deal with a certain former speaker of the House.) There are a lot of popular measures most of which will cost a bundle. Hey, who here wants to spend $35 million pouring sand into the ocean in Brevard County?
This time, though, Jeb is working with a different Legislative leadership that is committed to acting like big people -- unlike a certain speaker of the house whose name is no longer spoken in Tallahassee. And leadership that is less interested in wedge-issue ideological warfare or figure-out-the-details-later initiatives from the governor's office.
They actually want to deal with wonk stuff like growth management (not in the tree-hugger sense but in the who-pays-for-growth sense), budget reform, legislative procedural change . . . We'll see how long that lasts.
But first, there's the hurricane special session coming up next month. (It was delayed until after the elections to ensure nobody would need to deal with a certain former speaker of the House.) There are a lot of popular measures most of which will cost a bundle. Hey, who here wants to spend $35 million pouring sand into the ocean in Brevard County?
