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House aims for ‘high performance government’

by Michael C. Bender | March 2nd, 2010

On House Speaker Larry Cretul’s to-do list this year:

*Merge the Auditor General and OPPAGA into the “Legislative Accountability Office.”

*Streamline the Florida Health Department.

*Require all state workers to pay for parts of the of their health care insurance.

*Eliminate collective bargaining for all state employees, except in public health and safety.

*Call the state reserves the “Florida Savings Fund.”

Cretul has a “high performance government” team — or the “pit crew” as he calls it — to push these measures. All Republicans, they include Reps. David Rivera, Ron Reagan, Bill Proctor, Eric Eisnaugle, Dean Cannon, Dorothy Hukill, Matt Hudson, Will Weatherford, Rob Schenck, Gary Aubuchon, Denise Grimsley, and Marlene O’Toole.

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