(FL) Senators Reject Rick Scott’s Pitch To Fight Unions - Herald/Times

[WillyT]

So... Democratic House members in MA vote to strip Union Rights, at the same time Republicans in FL are reading the tea-leaves and saying, "No way."

Strange little world you people have here...

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Senators reject Rick Scott’s pitch to fight unions
The governor makes last-ditch appeal to rescue bill to target union dues but measure appears dead for session.
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS - HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU

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TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott paid a rare, personal visit to the offices of four Republican senators Wednesday in a last-minute attempt to rescue an anti-union bill that appeared destined for defeat.

The governor asked the same question to Miami Sen’s. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Rene Garcia, Anitere Flores and Inverness Sen. Charlie Dean. And he got the same answer: No.

Scott’s intervention was the “Hail Mary” pass of Sen. John Thrasher, the Jacksonville lawyer and former Republican Party of Florida chairman whose top priority was passage of the bill to ban public employee unions from using automatic payroll deduction to collect dues. But by the end of the day, Thrasher had all but conceded defeat.

“If it isn’t right and we can’t get the votes to get where we need to get to, we’ll come back and fight another day,’’ he said.

Scott’s failure to change the minds of fellow Republicans underscored the lack of popularity of the bill and of the freshman governor — who adopted the talking points of the nationally-watched issue but lacked the political juice to get it.

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Link: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/27/2188918/senators-reject-rick-scotts-pitch.html

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[Sancho]

1. I hope we can fight as hard as Wisconsin!

I called and called my senator. It seems to have paid off!

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