Dockery rails on stimulus issue, hoping to step off at governor’s mansion

by Michael C. Bender | December 7th, 2009

Could a special session bill that few people can easily explain help launch a gubernatorial campaign? That’s what state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, is hoping.

Dockery

The veteran lawmaker, who announced her underdog campaign last month, is in the spotlight this week in Tallahassee, as she attempts to topple her Republican leadership for a third straight time on railroad issues.

Dockery has consistently derailed plans from Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, and Gov. Charlie Crist for a Central Florida commuter line known as SunRail.

Now she’s attempting to use the issue to capitalize on the anti-tax “Tea Party” movement that has helped buoy Republican Marco Rubio’s insurgent U.S. Senate campaign against Crist. Dockery is hoping to unhinge the campaign of Attorney General Bill McCollum, the favorite to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

More here.

* Share/save this post *

Tags: High-speed rail, Paula Dockery, stimulus

This entry was posted on Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 11:57 pm and is filed under 2010 campaigns. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “Dockery rails on stimulus issue, hoping to step off at governor’s mansion”

1. Twitted by tampainsights Says:
   December 8th, 2009 at 5:50 am

   [...] This post was Twitted by tampainsights [...]

2. CharLIE Stimulus Says:
   December 8th, 2009 at 6:25 am

   This selling overpriced land to the public through the manipulation of Crist and cronies is just like he and McCollums actions on the Stanaki land deal in volusia where the give their friend and donor Mori Hossieni development rights to swamland after the state had agreed to buy it was swamp. Then Crist and McCollum refused to adhere to a court order and allowed Hosseini to force the new apprasial price on the taxpayers costing us millions. Crist, McCollum and crooks are looking after themselves and their crooked friends.

3. James Says:
   December 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am

   Charlie Stimulus is right. The documents were released in Daytona that show the State did appraise the land at 3.4 million days before Charlie granted his donor the development rights and while the state was in active negotiations to buy the land. Within weeks the state got new appraisals on the Stanaki Land with a new figure of 5.9 million. A 2.5 million dollar nice round increase in “price” passed on to the taxpayers. DCA Director Ken Reecy emailed a note stating the new appraisal was done under ” significantly different circumstances”. Records show the only change to the land was Chrlies favor for his donor.