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So what’s new in DuhSantistan?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by jjgator55, May 18, 2022.

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  1. ursidman

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    Does this lady still work for DeSantis getting paid by public funds? Or is she a campaign hack now?

     
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  3. jjgator55

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    I’m sure he loves her. She seems quite able to celebrate the "diversity" of the neofascist movement like few can.
     
  4. tampagtr

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  5. tampagtr

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    Schorsh and she have a long running feud. I love Peter - no one else brings the information he does. But he can be a bit petty and hold a grudge
     
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  7. gator_lawyer

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    Meh, I don't blame him for disliking any of the internet trolls DeSantis has employed or still employs on the taxpayer's dime.
     
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  8. citygator

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    Party of small government using the government to bust unions.

    Florida ends automatic due payments for teacher's unions

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers and other government employees will have to write monthly checks if they want to stay in their union after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday banning automatic dues deductions from public employees’ paychecks,

    The anti-union bill also gives employees the right to immediately quit a union for no reason and requires unions to recertify if the number of dues-paying members drops below 60% of those eligible to join.

    “If you want to join, you can, but you write a check and you hand it over. That is gonna lead to more take-home pay for teachers,” DeSantis said at the bill-signing ceremony.

    It was one of several bills that DeSantis signed that affect education, including new term limits for school board members, restrictions on student social media use and protections for teachers who report administrators they believe are violating state education policies.
     
  9. jjgator55

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    The way around that is to have automatic deduction from their bank accounts.
     
  10. gator_lawyer

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    The idea that the government can just keep arbitrarily raising the number of dues-paying members until it kills off the union seems fundamentally wrong. I know the unions have some good legal arguments for why it is unconstitutional, but we'll see if they actually prevail.
     
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  14. jjgator55

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    I believe the real estate lobby has a lot to do with it. Make it difficult to operate the family farm to the point that they have to sell out to developers.
     
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  15. BLING

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    My parents house still waiting on a roof after Ian, hope this doesn’t delay any further. I already joke with them they’ll probably finally get their home fixed up just in time for the next hurricane.
     
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  16. Swamplizard

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    Where do they live? You can PM me I am in that business
     
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  17. gatordavisl

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    I presume this means that dues-paying teachers will lose the pre-tax benefit.
     
  18. channingcrowderhungry

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    The bill does't apply to first-responder unions. What a sack of shit.
     
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  19. swampbabe

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    That's because he has their vote. They don't even try to hide it anymore.
     
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  20. channingcrowderhungry

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    This is what infuriates me about Ron. You want to pass legislation that doesn't allow public employees to have it auto-deducted? Fine. Stupid, but whatever. But then you have it not apply to first responders unions? Piss off with this shit. You're again just blatantly targeting political enemies using the power of the govt.
     
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