Currents
June 2017
3
Sessions End
T
he legislative session is
concluding at this writing
and Governor Scott is supposedly
sharpening his veto pen to do his
part in pork reduction. And like
usual, there will need to be a spe-
cial session.
Typically, Scott supporters and
special interest lobbyists support
specific cuts, this year is no differ-
ent. Conservative newspapers
are supporting a complete veto
of the entire budget. This posi-
tion is supported in principal by
most school districts who are
unhappy with legislative educa-
tion funding levels.
Governor Scott is very
unhappy with the legislative take
on his announced spending prior-
ities and he spent lots of taxpayer
money traveling the State and
other places, to lobby against the
politicians in Tallahassee. Yes, you
read that right. He was not so
much lobbying in support of his
policies, as he was posturing and
positioning his run against the
only Democrat serving Florida's
interest and the only Florida
politician who isn't blindly sup-
porting #45's agenda chaos.
Schools are unhappy, Scott is
unhappy. Hmm, perhaps the
Speaker of the House is on to
something.
He saved the millions Scott
wanted to spend to bring lower
paying jobs to the state. No to
millions paid to celebrities to
bring tourists to the Sunshine
State.
Home Rule - NOT
This year saw one more move
to centralize power in Tallahas-
see, leaving no one in Govern-
ment to oppose their will in so
many areas.
The next generation of cellu-
lar phone bandwidth, 5G can
best be implemented by placing
hardware, signal regenerating
equipment, on utility poles, or
other public right-a-ways or
structures.
“At the end of the day, I want
to make sure Florida is ahead of
the technology curve,” said Rep.
Mike La Rosa, R-St. Cloud.
But local governments are
pushing back against legislation
in the House and Senate that
would set statewide rules for
wireless carriers on the installa-
tion of “small wireless facilities”
and take away control from cities
and counties on the public place-
ment of such facilities.
“This language precludes us
from enacting any regulations
within our rights-of-way for any
small cell facilities,” said Eric
Poole, a lobbyist for the Florida
Association of Counties.
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