Praise for Howard Troxler

Written by moi and sent to Howard Troxler of the St. Petersburg Times:

Mr Troxler

Your article in the Times today, “Voters have their say; governor just ignores them” struck such a nerve in me today… Not in a bad way, however… It was just one of those pieces that you read and it completely states what you’ve been thinking about a situation. In this case, Jeb Bush and the government undermining the will of the people of the state of
Florida.

Now, I’m just an opinionated citizen of the state of Florida and we all know what opinions are like, yet I want to know why no one has stood up and accused Jeb Bush of breaking his oath of office? It is a governor’s duty to support and defend the constitution and the laws of the state, yet Jeb’s actions and his own lobbying underminded an ammendments that have been added to the state consitution: smaller class sizes (which was an attempt by the voters to get more funding funneled into eduation) and the High Speed Rail initiative (which could be seen as the voters wanting alternatives to driving).

Should I blame the Democracts in the state for not wanting to look like bad guys by attacking Jeb for his acitons? Does Bill McBride — a lawyer — think it would be better for a potential 2006 campaign if he sits back and twiddles his thumbs? Should I blame the local Greens for not pointing the above two options out and not standing up and saying “Jeb in Contempt!” (this is after it was brought up months ago on local mailing lists but ignored for the sake of Anti-everything protests)?

Unfortunately it all comes back to the voters and we are so apathetic towards government that our own fickleness has brought this upon us… Yet no one — even those opinionated like myself — has the nerve to stand up and challenge Jeb head on by telling him he is perverting the will of the people.

Is that an Impeachable offense in the state Consituation? I don’t know… But I wish someone - anyone - had the guts to stand up and point this out to the masses. I’m glad that you did.