Secretary of State gets standing ovation
Secretary of State Kurt Browning got a standing ovation this afternoon from his former peers: The Florida Association of Supervisors of Elections. Browning, who was first elected Pasco County Supervisor of Elections in 1980 and held that job until December, gave a lunchtime speech at the summer annual conference of election supervisors being held at the Sandestin resort just outside of Destin.
Browning's main job since becoming secretary of state was shepherding an elections bill through the Florida Legislature that set aside nearly $28 million to replace touchscreen machines with ones that use paper ballots. Instead of talking about the legislation today, however, Browning talked about his time as supervisor. Browning noted how he joined with other supervisors to block proposals they didn't like, including the 2005 proposal pushed by former Gov. Jeb Bush that would allowed the state to issue "binding directives" to locally elected supervisors and how they finally convinced lawmakers to repeal the second primary.
"Secretary of State Kurt Browning got a standing ovation this afternoon from her former peers"
You know they inserted Katherine Harris' name before it went to the editors as a joke, but they didn't catch the 'her' in the line...
Posted by: | May 22, 2007 at 05:15 PM
"Secretary of State Kurt Browning got a standing ovation this afternoon from her former peers"
You know they inserted Katherine Harris' name before it went to the editors as a joke, but they didn't catch the 'her' in the line...
Posted by: | May 22, 2007 at 05:16 PM
Hey Gary he is a he not a her. at least he was whem I met him.
Posted by: | May 22, 2007 at 08:01 PM
I wish I could be so clever. Instead it was a stupid mistake on my part. It has been corrected. Thanks to those who caught the error.
Posted by: Gary Fineout | May 22, 2007 at 08:06 PM