Sen. Rene Garcia sent Senate President Mike Haridopolos a letter Wednesday asking him to "examine" Gov. Rick Scott's signing statement in which he called a new anti-Cuba law essentially unenforceable.
Garcia, a Hialeah Republican, sponsored the legislation cracking down on awarding government contracts to companies with business ties to Cuba and Syria. Scott signed the bill in a ceremony at Miami's Freedom Tower on Tuesday -- and then issued a signing statement saying federal authorization would be required to enforce the bill's restrictions, "effectively nullifying the legislation," as Garcia wrote to Haridopolos.
That did not sit well with Miami-Dade's Cuban-American Republicans, who felt blindsided by the governor. U.S. Rep. David Rivera of Miami went as far as suggesting he may sue the governor.
"By this letter, I am requesting that your office examine the constitutionality of Governor Scott’s actions as to the execution of this bill or lack thereof," Garcia wrote in the letter. Read the letter here.
David Rivera suing someone? Lol, that's rich coming from that little crook.
Posted by: Daniel | May 03, 2012 at 12:36 PM