JEB Gets An "A" (Wall Street Journal)

Republican Party of Florida from The Wall Street Journal ^ | 9/20/02 | Steven Moore & Steven Slivinski

[windchime]

Governor Grades A-F. Nice boost for our Governor JEB in this article. It is a Republican Party of Florida e-mail, so my link is to RPOF on whose site only a portion of the article is printed. I don't subscribe to the Journal;therefore, a direct link to the article isn't available to me.

[PhiKapMom]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
Governor and Mrs. Bush to Attend Hillsborough County GOP Family Picnic

Governor Jeb Bush and First Lady Columba Bush will travel to Tampa on
Saturday, September 21 to attend the Hillsborough County GOP Family
Picnic. Please feel free to join them! Tickets are $3 per person. For
more information, call 813-983-9759 or 813-839-1132. Details of the
events follow:

WHO: Governor Jeb Bush and Florida First Lady Columba Bush
WHAT: Hillsborough County GOP Barbeque
WHERE: Florida State Fairgrounds -- Entertainment Hall, 4800 US Highway
301 North, Tampa, Florida
WHEN: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, September 21, 2002

_________________________________________________________________________

Lt. Governor Brogan to Open Orlando Victory 2002 Headquarters
Lt. Governor Frank Brogan will be the guest of honor at the opening of
the Orlando Victory 2002 headquarters on Saturday, September 21. Be sure
and come by if you're able. Details of the events follow:

WHO: Lt. Governor Frank Brogan
WHAT: Grand Opening of the Orlando Victory 2002 Headquarters
WHERE: 144 South Semoran Boulevard, Orlando, FL
WHEN: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 21, 2002

[Nat Turner]

Jeb Bush of Florida is the real tax-cutting fiscal conservative in the family. In a state with no income tax, Gov. Bush has cut the Florida property tax by $1 billion, and in 2001 he cut the business intangible tax by another $600 million. Earlier this year he took the unusual step of walking the halls of the Capitol himself asking members of both parties to oppose a sales tax hike sponsored by members of his own party

More RINO's in need of reeducation I fear . .

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Nicely done, windchime. (^;

http://209.26.39.197/CS/customerserv.php?news_contacts=news_contacts.inc (fort myers news-press, e-mail links)

 editor.letters@heraldtribune.com (sarasota herald tribune)
letters@naplesnews.com (naples news)
dklement@bradentonherald.com (bradenton herald)
tribletters@tampatrib.com (tampa tribune)

tdedit@talden.com (tallahassee democrat)

bcotterel@taldem.com (good guy at the t.d.)

http://www.opedletters.com/cfm/state.cfm?StateAbbrev=FL (multiple florida press e-mail links)

 

[winin2000]

Roy Barnes of Georgia may be the pre-eminent tax-cutting Democrat on the national scene. In his first year in office he pushed a Taxpayer Bill of Rights that has saved Georgia homeowners $350 million so far. He has also cut the unemployment insurance tax in Georgia, resulting in tax relief of over $1 billion to businesses and workers. He now wants to cut the state capital gains tax. When the recession hit, Mr. Barnes imposed a freeze on state hiring and made across-the-board cuts of 2.5% in the 2002 budget and 5% in the 2003 budget. No wonder Gov. Barnes is considered a potential presidential contender.

You can bet your bottom tax dollar he knows this, too.

Damn it. My state of Georgia will never elect a GOP governor because our RATS know how straddle that fence perfectly: talk in a good ol' boy drawl, throw scraps to the business community, put no daylight between yourself and the NRA - whom, by the way, is about to give the RATs their endorsement for the 3rd frickin' gubernatorial election in a row! - and send those last-minute flyers into the ghetto telling them the GOP is the Klan in suits, and you'll get re-elected every time!

There are numerous dictatorships that haven't been in power as long the RATS have here in Georgia!

[EllaMinnow]

You're both doing an incredible job!

[JulieRNR21]

I get the WSJ home delivery and was very happy to see this excellent article about JEB's accomplishments today.

I plan to write a letter endorsing him for re-election and will copy it to the newspapers you linked.

[JulieRNR21]

Meant to thank you for the email links......:)

[GailA]

TN Gov spendquist received an F..personally I'd give him an F+.

[JulieRNR21]

Pinging Freepers for you!

[PhilDragoo]

The top three scores this year were earned by Republicans Bill Owens of Colorado and Jeb Bush of Florida and Democrat Roy Barnes of Georgia.

A bump for Jeb on the A List.

[caltrop]

Normally Steve Moore knows what he's talking about. In giving JEB an A, he's missed the mark.

I don't doubt JEB was walking the halls of the Capitol opposing the expansion of the sales tax. After all, it was this issue - in almost exactly this form - that made Bob Martinez a one term Governor. JEB knows this well since Martinez appointed JEB Secretary of Commerce back in 1986. JEB has previously indicated he vigorously opposed the effort fifteen years ago in private conversations with Martinez. It was understood that he'd stop any such nonsense if it came up under his watch.

Unfortunatly, when the subject was brought up by Republican Senate President John McKay this year, JEB's silence was deafening. JEB's memory improved as soon as a poll was released showing the public thought it was a lousy idea by some 80%-20%. He stood up in opposition immediately thereafter. It's a real pity, because if JEB had told McKay early on that his proposal would be DOA if it got to his desk, it would never have passed the Senate (which it did), or perhaps not even been brought up. House Speaker Tom Feeney, with the support of pretty unified House Republicans killed the proposal. JEB then brokered a compromise between the Senate and House resulting in a proposal to establish a tax increase favoring committee to appear on the ballot this year. Just two days ago, a judge ruled it off the ballot with appeals due today. After today, the ballots will have been printed and can't be changed so, without a successful last minute challenge, the taxpayers of Florida will have been saved in the knick of time - no thanks to JEB.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the ping, Julie.

Bump.

[windchime]

"brokered a compromise between the Senate and House resulting in a proposal to establish a tax increase favoring committee to appear on the ballot this year"

I'm not familiar with this.

[summer]

It's a real pity, because if JEB had told McKay early on that his proposal would be DOA if it got to his desk, it would never have passed the Senate (which it did), or perhaps not even been brought up.

caltrop, According to press reports I read, McKay (a former Dem) and Gov Bush both claim: Gov Bush's opposition to this measure was made known privately by Jeb to McKay a year before, but McKay went ahead anyway.

[windchime]

"There are numerous dictatorships that haven't been in power as long the RATS have here in Georgia!"


Well said. I know it's been for as long as I can remember. Changing the GOP image is the biggest challenge. It's too easy for people to hang on to the stereotype.

[Cacique]

btt

[Liberty Teeth]

"Roy Barnes of Georgia may be the pre-eminent tax-cutting Democrat on the national scene."

Is this possible? Someone pinch me.

[wattsup]

Can everyone see a pattern here. The best rated states are all under governors that have cut taxes. The worst ones are under control of governors that believe that raising taxes is the answer. Please let your representative know about this. The Republican Party has it right.

[windchime]

Kinda nice. At least our Governor doesn't embarrass us the way SOME of our election officials do.