Could Florida end up having a recall election?

[HARTride 2012]

How about we do what California did several years ago..........A RECALL ELECTION!

If a bill passes, it may just happen..........

http://www.baynews9.com/article/news...s-new-governor

Winds of a recall swirling around Florida’s new governor

By Troy Kinsey, Reporter
Last Updated: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:11 PM

TALLAHASSEE --
Just a month and a half on the job, and already the winds of a recall are swirling around Gov. Rick Scott.

The governor has made some enemies in the state capitol, and many are his fellow Republicans in the legislature.

As the rift continues to widen, Scott’s ability to get things done may start to weaken.

Scott arrived in Tallahassee as an outsider and a man with no political experience, who was determined to change government as we know it.

First, he rolled out a controversial budget, cutting everything from education to prisons.

“My job is to represent the taxpayers of this state, and I'm not comfortable that this is a project that we ought to be doing,” Scott said.

The governor's rejection of federal funding for high-speed rail opened up a new and very public divide with dozens of powerful Republican lawmakers.

They're making it clear they intend to overrule Scott and House Democratic leader Rep. Ron Saunders couldn't be happier.

“It seems that lately that we've been in agreement more with our Republican colleagues against the governor's positions, (be)cause when he came out with his budget, for example, even Republican legislators found it too draconian,” Saunders said.

Typically, a new governor enjoys a political honeymoon at the capitol, lasting all the way from Election Day to the end of his first legislative session.

However, it all hinges on the ability of lawmakers to cooperate.

With our viewer web polls indicating the governor's proposals unpopular back home, legislators of both parties have to be careful about how they vote.

Aaron Sharockman with the St. Petersburg Times can already sense a significant change in the mood around the halls of power.

“This is kind of the end of the honeymoon period,” Sharockman said. “I think people gave his budget a chance, and I think now we're going to start to see just a more kind of normal relationship here in Tallahassee, where people are going to say their ideas, and it doesn't necessarily have to be in lock-step, in line with the governor's.”

Case in point is a new bill that would allow for a recall election to remove the governor from office.

[TPAMAN]

I AM 100% behind this and would do everything possible to start a people's movement to get this guy removed from office!!!

[John F]

The question is, can we get all social media to start pushing the idea on local and state politicians?

[HARTride 2012]

I just posted your link on my wall. When I get off work tonight, I will also try to post on my blog/website

[HARTride 2012]

I was reading up on Scott's signing of the budget today and found on the FL House website that the recall bill died in subcommittee.

In other words, the bill had no chance of even passing the committees and we should not expect another round for a LONG WHILE.

HJR 7 - Recall of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Member of Cabinet, or Legislator- Joint Resolution by Kriseman
- Last Event: Friday, March 09, 2012 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/bills.aspx

[jzquince69]

Scott is nothing more than a tool for the GOP at the cost of his own state, and a tool for the insurance lobby. everyone who voted for him knowing that he had committed medicare fraud should be flogged.

[HARTride 2012]

I heard on the radio this morning that someone may be stepping up to run against him in 2014. We will see where that goes.

[TampaMike]

We should have the option to recall any politician we want, if they poorly do their job. Thing is, the Republicans in this state know that many of them in the House and Senate, and the Governor of course, would be on a recall ballot if they approved it. Most of the Democrats that are in the Legislative are located in heavily Democratic districts and even if there was enough petitions to get them on a ballot too, they would ultimately be re-elected to the seat. Their likely excuse is that they want to be "fiscal" and another election would spend millions we don't have.