Saturday, May 14, 2011

Clemens, a back-bencher

Clemens said he was shocked at how little vetting some legislation gets, and was frustrated when the GOP majority would issue a massive rewrite of the elections code on the eve of an 8 a.m. meeting. "I don't think that serves Floridians very well," Clemens said. "Things end up slipping through that shouldn't."

What surprised Clemens the most, he said, is how little time the Legislature spent on measures to actually create jobs in Florida. "They have the ability to pass any jobs-related package they want — and didn't," he said.

Read the entire article at St. Petersburg Times.

June's Democratic Club meeting will be held at Clemens' office on Lake Avenue where he will be telling the Club all that has happened in the Legislature.

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