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[FL] Police Officers, Fed Up with Rick Scott, Leave Republican Party En Masse
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 13, 2011 12:44pm |
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| Category | Event |
| Author | Stefan Kamph |
| News Date | Friday, June 10, 2011 07:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Next month the Broward County Police Benevolent Association is holding a "Party to Leave the Party" -- an event coordinated with the Supervisor of Elections where police officers and the general public can switch their voter registrations from Republican to Democratic or Independent.
The reason for the switch? The association, which serves as the bargaining union for the county's law enforcement officers, is unhappy with the leadership of Governor Rick Scott and the results of the past legislative session, including changes to the Florida Retirement System that will require the workers to pay more of their own wages into retirement savings.
The PBA may be a union, but it's not traditionally a bunch of liberals. "You'd be surprised," says Broward PBA President Patrick Hanrihan. "I think most of our police officers and stuff are Republicans." Well, until the party-switching party, that is. |
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