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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/14/2002 10:52:22 AM Christopher J. Klicka, Esq., Senior Counsel of HSLDA Florida--"Government Nanny" Legislation Refuses to Die |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14, 2002 Dear Florida Members and Friends, The "Government Nanny" battle continues to rage in the Florida Legislature. The "Learning Gateway" Senate bill package has now crossed back over to the House, and is again in the House Council for Lifelong Learning. We have a chance to stop Senate Bills 86 & 88, as this House Council is not in favor of the program. Thanks to an outpouring of opposition from home schoolers and other concerned parents, the House of Representatives' Council for Lifelong Learning voted to table the house version of the "Government Nanny" bill (H.B. 1435) earlier this year. However, Florida Senate Majority Leader John McKay, upset by H.B. 1435's defeat in the Florida House, rushed the Senate version of the bill through the Senate. S.B. 86 & 88 passed in the Senate on March 6 due to Senator McKay's strong support. Echoing objections expressed by grassroots opposition as well as HSLDA, the House Council for Lifelong Learning published on the Florida House website an analysis of why H.B. 1435 was voted down: "This bill is intrusive, weakens private parental decision-making, and is the antithesis of the principles of individual freedom, personal responsibility, and family empowerment." Your calls had a tremendous impact in persuading the House to kill H.B. 1435. Now we need your help to stop its sister bills, S.B. 86 and 88. For background information on these bills visit: http://www.hslda.org/legislation/state/fl/2002/FLSB88 REQUESTED ACTION: Please call your Florida state representative (not your state Senator) IMMEDIATELY and deliver this message: "Please vote against S.B. 86 & 88. This legislation creates a government program that will invade family privacy, usurp the role of parents, and waste taxpayer money. This bill is unnecessary at this time of budget shortfalls." You do not need to identify yourself as a home schooler. You can call your representative directly. If you do not know who your representative is, call your county clerk's office or use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox. The Florida House of Representatives needs to hear your opposition to S.B. 86 & 88 until Friday, March 22--the last day of the session. At that time the bills will die if your calls have prevented them from moving. Please urge your state representative to vote against these bills. Thank you for standing with us for liberty. Sincerely, Christopher Klicka Senior Counsel {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 E-mail: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an e-mail with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: {{Email}} - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an e-mail from the e-mail address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your e-mail address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid e-mail address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this e-mail address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any e-mail sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send e-mail to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also e-mail staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
