The Morning After Defeating Florida’s Parent Trigger Bill | Scathing Purple Musings

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The Morning After Defeating Florida’s Parent Trigger Bill

by Bob Sikes

Lakeland republican senator Paula Dockery knew who the 20th vote was which would defeat parent trigger legislation in Florida. She said the evening before that the vote was 20-20. Opponents of the bill didn’t know who it was but then again neither did senate leadership who pulled every trick in the book to make this happen.
I’d speculated that potential votes could come from republican senators David Simmons or Jack Latvala who had both been critical of charter schools. Latvala essentially proposed to rewrite the bill in an amendment the afternoon before. Although Latvala voted for SB 1718 this comment he made on Wednesday  justified the concern people had for the bill.

“I think we should not ignore these F-schools but, by the same token, I don’t support taking over