Comments of the Week: ‘Fair Districts,’ the special session, Crist and S.B. 1070

Every Friday here at The Florida Independent, we pick out the best comments we received during the previous week, whether they came from commenters here on our site, or via Facebook and Twitter. Want to be included next week? Assail us with your rapier wit!

In response to “Cannon appoints ‘Fair Districts’ foe as chair of state House redistricting committee”:

No persons better to implement the ” will of the people” than two persons who fought so hard against it ! PERHAPS NO PARTY TO BETTER BE IN POWER THAT THOSE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST IT The best little government MONEY CAN BUY! —Jdemeske

The will of all the voters will be circumvented AGAIN by Republican shenanigans! How disingenuous to appoint these two pro-gerrymandering men to these posts! Is this the tone we can expect from the new Gov and state legislature? —Gini C Hyman

In response to “Bills affecting the environment, regulation a focus of the legislature’s special session”:

And the Republicans are doing this behind our backs when nobody is looking …. good thing we have transparency … —Silviahall

In response to “With near unanimity, legislature overrides Crist vetoes”:

And so it begins, kiss ur ass goodbye FL! —Lurow

Fine, I will just veto them again. Oh wait, dang it. I’m done. :( —SenatorCharlieC

In response to “Proponent of Arizona-style immigration law to chair Judiciary Committee”:

How is it not racist when there’s a provision excluding Canadians and West Europeans? Please… —Awm2667

In response to “Gaetz, Bennett split on continuing to fund anti-Amendment 6 lawsuit”:

and THIS is our ‘representative government’…the jokes on us! —Msdori

In response to “Progress Florida questions Scott’s stance on proposed ‘personhood’ amendment”:

Who funds these “Independent” newspapers. It seems like they are a bunch of liberal rags that are about as independent and progressive as Karl Marx. —The Count