The late beloved former United States Senator Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.), wrote in his book, "Best Lawyer in a One Lawyer Town," that he had never voted as a Senator for a single constitutional amendment, rejecting a series of dangerous, authoritarian anti-abortion, flag burning and other nostrums of his day. Sen. Dale Bumpers treated our U.S. Constitution as a "working instrument of government, and not as a meaningless group of English words," in the words of United States v. Dotterweich, This odd proposed Constitutional amendment pushed by our Boy Governor, our former St. Johns County Congresscritter (2013-2018), RONALD DION DeSANTIS, sounds like the rebarbative "red meat" constitutional amendments that Senator Dale Bumpers blocked, again and again and again.
As I wrote after Senator Dale Bumpers died, Senator Bumpers"strongly opposed demagogic efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution over school prayer, abortion, school busing, flag-desecration and other hot button issues -- Dale Bumpers never supported any constitutional amendment. Senator Bumpers said his legacy included "fighting like a saber-tooth tiger" against such "trivial" constitutional amendments, which he helped defeat 38 times. There was no stronger defender of the Constitution.'
I will be voting NO, in honor of Dale Bumpers.
From Orlando Sentinel:
Florida voters could do away with lieutenant governor post under proposed constitutional amendment
Bill replaces position with a ‘commissioner of government efficiency’ in Florida Cabinet
Florida voters would be asked to do away with the office of lieutenant governor and create a new Cabinet position under a proposed constitutional amendment filed Thursday in the state House.
The proposal (HJR 1325) would create a “commissioner of government efficiency” and give the commissioner authority to “audit, investigate and report on fraud, waste and abuse” in the executive branch and in local governments and special districts.
House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island, and Rep. John Snyder, R-Stuart, filed the proposal for consideration during the legislative session that starts Tuesday. If approved by lawmakers it would go on the 2026 ballot.
The proposal comes as the state has a vacancy at lieutenant governor after Jeanette Nunez resigned to become interim president of Florida International University last week. Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated he will wait until after the legislative session to appoint a successor to Nunez.
The proposed constitutional amendment would require the Legislature by March 2027 to appoint a commissioner of government efficiency, who would serve until the office is up for election in 2028.
The proposal also calls for eliminating the state Government Efficiency Task Force, which was created in a 2006 constitutional amendment.
DeSantis said Monday a new “state DOGE task force” will review about 900 state positions, university spending, local government spending and the need for about 70 state boards and commissions.
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Do away with a ceremonial figure and create a whole department full of snoops who will go around knocking on the doors in local government? Do I have that correct? If so, I thought Republicans were all about keeping state and federal government out of local affairs. How would they not be creating more government doing that as well?
Ron DeDerelict at it again with more political stunts. He should establish a task force to go after people like Pill Mill Bill and Donald Trump. Lied about stolen election and incited a deadly riot.
This town is like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome compared to 30 years ago.. and the roadways haven't caught up. Have they abandoned the city and focused instead on Levittowns for high dollar hogs? How will they feed all these people when the phoney baloney, grifter service economy collapses? Where are the farms here?
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