Staff Reports
A mailer from an Illinois based political committee targeting Senate President Joe Negron is landing in Treasure Coast mailboxes.
The Palm Beach Post reported voters living in Negron’s Treasure Coast-Palm Beach district are receiving mailers from SunshinePAC, a newly formed Illinois-based PAC, criticizing the Stuart Republican over his support of a wide-sweeping education bill (HB 7069).
The mailer, according to the Palm Beach Post, calls Negron out for making making “backroom deals” and says “our schools are paying the price.”
“Behind closed doors, Joe Negron and his friends in Tallahassee passed HB 7069 which takes away much needed funding to our public schools,” the mailer says, according to the Palm Beach Post.
It also urges voters to call Gov. Rick Scott and encourage him to veto the measure, a top priority for House Speaker Richard Corcoran. The bill, according to House records, has not yet been sent to Scott for his consideration. However, Scott is largely expected to sign the bill once he receives it.
According to the Federal Election Commission, SunshinePAC formed on May 26 and is headed by John Hennelly. Hennelly is a former Florida director for the Service Employees International Union, and now serves as a consultant with Democracy Partners, according to the Palm Beach Post.
One comment
Reid Friedson, PhD
June 7, 2017 at 10:10 am
Good work Sunshine PAC. According to the Florida Supreme Court, after we led Amendment of the Florida Constitution in 2010 to prohibit gerrymandering, Negron and the Florida Legislature wasted $11 million of Florida taxpayer funds gerrymandering our districts. That is not counting the billions wasted over decades for sham projects that never cleaned our waters in Florida. Negron was mentored by Pruitt, one of the worst environmental legislators in Florida throughout the 90s and yet Indian River State College names a campus after a prime destroyer of our river. Holder and Obama are now investigating gerrymandering nationwide. Justice is also investigating corrupt racketeering in Florida. Start with Trump, Bondi, Scott, and Negron. Ever wonder why Negron quit Gunster? Check Negron’s donors and clients.
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