Oh, the drama ... TBRC tables vouchers

TBRC Chairman Allan Bense just decided to table until 8:30 a.m. tomorrow a voucher related proposal attacking a Supreme Court decision that tossed Jeb Bush's Opportunity Scholarships.

Critics noted the plan, CP 40, was not on the agenda, and only added by a two-thirds procedural vote. "I'm worried we're going to be known as the voucher commission, not the tax and budget reform commission," said panel member Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg.

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Darryl - unfortunately, you will be known as the Tax and Budget SWAP Commission...

If you were interested in true reform, you would have pushed the 1.35 cap harder.

[ST. Pete Tom]

Darryl will do exactly as he's told by the GOP, make no mistake about it. A little song and dance now and then... but he'll pull the triger for them or he wont get to keep the seat.

OMG...Darryl's Worried...

Casey Jones was an engineer, we like choo choo trains!

All Abord!!!!!!!

They should just adjourn. They have done plenty of damage. It is time for them to quit.

Amen to that, 4:58... Amen to that!

The Retail Federation is on the blogs uh?

[Donald Lance]

Pass the vaseline!

Die vouchers die!

I prefer grape jelly!

Vouchers go home - and get out of Florida - the state with a great religious liberty clause:

SECTION 3. Religious freedom.--There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.

Do these guys ever read the Florida or US Constitutions?

What part of NO do they not understand --- the pointy letter or the round letter?

Make those kids stay in pathetic public schools so that the teachers union and bloated bureaucracy can be insulated from competition even though the children they are not educating will have to face it.

How much taxpayer money is spent because we allow illegal aliens to attend our schools?

There is no budget crisis, there is a spending crisis.

Um, if the Supreme Court takes a too-cramped view of the Legislature's power to spend money on education, then yeah, the TBRC understands the word NO. Its their JOB to fix the Florida Constitution, especially where the courts show their preference for policy outcomes over proper legal reasoning.

[Omega83]

Until the pro-voucher crowd can reasonably demonstrate that students going to private schools dramatically improve their test scores and academic performance - it is D.O.A.

[terminator]

Omega:
Don't be so sure. I wonder how many other "McKay's" will flip flop.
And after we let his McKay scholarship program slide.
Ron: I hope you're dusting off your lawsuit plans.
Just remember committee members paybacks are a b**ch guys!

[John Donson]

Who was leading this TABOR march? McKay was. McKay was against the vouchers until he was reminded that his name was on the bill. Then he said he really didn't understand the voucher bill with his name on it. This is the guy who you want to rewrite the tax code in this state for the next 20 years? You can tax your tax swap and shove it if people like this are drawing it up. Remember people, even appointments sitting on the board didn't like it. The vote was not unanimous, so you can assume the people won't like it either.

"Make those kids stay in pathetic public schools..."

A system run by a Republicon Administration.

Jebbie enjoyed and took great meaning in signing into law clearly unconstitutional legislation.....which is a strong indicator of someone who wants to dictate....as in dictator.