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Contact Gov Bush and ask him to contact the Republican caucus, and vote to remove Jim King from his leadership positions. He is majority leader. Statute is below, courtesy of doc Knox, out of JAX

Glenn W. Knox, MD, FACS, PSC
Ear, Nose and Throat
Otology and Neurotology
Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology
Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida

3663 Crown Point Court
Jacksonville, Florida 32257

(904)292-9777
fax 292-1313

June 24th, 2003

Dear Governor Bush:
I have enclosed a petition for your consideration. We are urgently requesting that the Republican Caucus in the Florida Senate vote to remove State Senator Jim King from his leadership positions. We are also urgently requesting you to consider the suspension of Senator King as per Article 4, Section 7 of the Florida Constitution. The reasons for suspension are malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty. Finally, we are asking you to consider introducing legislation to provide for the recall of state senators and representatives to avoid situations like this in the future.
Senator King has endangered the health and well-being of all Floridians by his failure to act in reasonable good faith to resolve the medical liability crisis. He has thus been instrumental in creating a public health crisis in the state. I respectfully ask that you consider these measures. I fully understand the gravity and the extraordinary nature of this situation. Thus I have presented a petition with as many signatures from Senator King?s district as possible.

Sincerely,

Glenn W. Knox MD

Memo to: Florida Physicians and Patients

Cc: Duval County Medical Society

Re: Petition to suspend Senator Jim King

I have enclosed a petition for your consideration. If you and/or others wish to sign it, please either mail it to my office or drop it off. I am sorry that I cannot accept faxes or electronic submissions; original signatures are necessary. If the July 9th special session does not yield meaningful tort reform, the petition and signatures will be delivered to Governor Bush?s office. Please have each person who signs the petition provide their home address and indicate if they live in Senator King?s district or work there. They must be registered to vote in the State of Florida. Thank you for your time and consideration.

GWK/gwk