‘It’s silly’: Senate won’t punish Enterprise Rent-A-Car for NRA move
Sen. Rob Bradley takes over for Sen. Jack Latvala, who relinquished the chair after scandal.

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Senate Budget Chief Rob Bradley said it would set “bad precedent” to go along with a House plan that would have financially punished Enterprise Rent-A-Car for cutting ties with the National Rifle Association.

“I think that it’s silly to get involved in rebidding contracts … because you’re mad at a temporary moment in time about something that they have or haven’t done politically,” Bradley said.

House members,  mirroring what Georgia lawmakers were doing, tried to target an aviation fuel tax reduction benefitting Delta and a statewide rental car contract held by Enterprise after the companies severed ties with the NRA, according to a POLITICO Florida report. The rental cat company’s contract expires in 2020.

The House quietly proposed a plan that would have hurt Delta and Enterprise after the companies decided not to give NRA members discounts following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The decision came after Parkland students, teachers and parents organized massive protests urging for more gun-control measures.

The Fleming Island Republican said the state should not get involved in the fight because it would set “bad precedent” if they did.

Ana Ceballos

Ana covers politics and policy Before joining the News Service of Florida she wrote for the Naples Daily News and was the legislative relief reporter for The Associated Press and covered policy issues impacting immigration, the environment, criminal justice and social welfare in Florida. She holds a B.A. in journalism from San Diego State University. After graduating in 2014, she worked as a criminal justice reporter for the Monterey Herald and the Monterey County Weekly. She has also freelanced for The Washington Post at the U.S.-Mexico border covering crime in the border city of Tijuana, where she grew up. Ana is fluent in Spanish and has intermediate proficiency in Portuguese.


3 comments

  • Publius

    March 8, 2018 at 11:03 am

    Rental cats sound adorable.

  • Fed Up

    March 8, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Bravo Rob Bradley! There hasn’t been very much common sense in the FL legislature around the gun issue. This little bit is refreshing.

  • Consumer

    March 9, 2018 at 9:15 am

    Taking all politics out of it, their service is subpar and their vehicles are always dirty and smell like cheap air freshener. If look harder, they are not meeting the terms of the contract.

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