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2014 Session to Election 2014

2014 Session to Election 2014. What to Expect- Session 2014. Tweaks to SB 736- “Teacher Quality” Bill Will state admit to flaws and make corrections or continue bad policy ? Additional efforts to Privatize Public Schools Expansion of Charters and other Schemes

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2014 Session to Election 2014

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  1. 2014 Session to Election 2014

  2. What to Expect- Session 2014 • Tweaks to SB 736- “Teacher Quality” Bill • Will state admit to flaws and make corrections or continue bad policy? • Additional efforts to Privatize Public Schools • Expansion of Charters and other Schemes • Full blown access to schools- classes that are empty during the day could be turned to charter classrooms • Remove local control • More Attacks on Class Size • Weaken penalties for non-compliance without adding penalties for fraudulent reporting. • More Changes to Retirement Benefits • With this group, change is bad for employees… • Payroll deduction/collective bargaining attacks

  3. Budget Governor’s budget comes out the first week of February. • $850 Million budget surplus • $500 M in Tax Breaks • $100 M to bring tourism to Florida • Medicaid dollars

  4. Dates to Remember • Legislative Committee Weeks • Feb 3rd • Feb 10th • Feb 17th • Session begins March 4th • Primary- August 26th • General- November 4th

  5. Target Tallahassee • March 26 and 27th • Cost per person- $500.00 • Limited seating • For more information- karyn@utd.org or at 786-594-0239

  6. The Governor’s Mansion • How do you win the governor’s race? • Win the statewide vote • How do you win the statewide vote? • Win South Florida • How do you win South Florida? • Let’s see……

  7. 2008 Florida Margin of Victory Obama 4,143,957 McCain 3,939,380 • Barack Obama won by 204,577 votes

  8. Miami-Dade Margin of Victory Obama 491,195 McCain 351,462 Obama wins Miami-Dade by 139,733 votes

  9. Broward County Obama 487,638 McCain 234,690 Obama Wins Broward By 252,948

  10. Obama Wins South Florida Obama Won South Florida by 392,681

  11. Obama Wins Florida By 204,577

  12. 2010 Governor’s Election

  13. Side By Side maps

  14. Statewide Vote Totals Alex Sink Lost By 61,550 Votes

  15. South Florida Vote Totals Miami-Dade Broward Rick Scott 140,445 Alex Sink 271,606 Alex Sink Won South Florida by - 200,881 (192,000 fewer than Obama)

  16. Obama Won because of South Florida Alex Sink Lost because of South Florida

  17. Presidential vs. Gubernatorial

  18. Miami-Dade Vote History • 2008- 872,260 Votes • Win Presidential • 2010- 499,853 Votes • Lose Governor’s Race • 2012- 879,179 Votes • Win Presidential

  19. Voter Turnout Wins Elections • Win here by enough and win any statewide election • It is up to us to win elections.

  20. Broward County: Voting differences between Primary & General Elections 2012 Primary Election Voters 2012 General Election Voters 197 Voters 806 Voters

  21. Targeted Voters 2000 General Election: Bush vs. Gore Bush: 2,912,790 (48.8%) Gore: 2,912,253 (48.8%) ___________ Bush wins by 537Votes Friends and Family Association Members

  22. What is at stake in this election? Governor: Sets Agenda for Public Education

  23. Crist or Scott? • Assuming this is the pairing in November, full comparisons will be completed after the 2014 Legislative Session. • Sure to be included… • Crist vetoed SB 6, Scott Signed SB 736 • Crist increased funding for K-12 schools, Scott cut funding his first year and has still not completely restored cuts. • Crist voted to improve retirement benefits throughout his career, Scott cut benefits and imposed a 3% tax on public employees.

  24. Florida Cabinet (Incumbent) • Attorney General • (Pam Bondi) • Chief Financial Officer • (Jeff Atwater) • Commissioner of Agriculture • (Adam Putnam)

  25. Congressional Seats (Incumbent) • CD- 23 (Debbie Wasserman-Schultz) • CD- 25 (Mario Diaz –Balart) • CD- 26 (Joe Garcia) • CD- 27 (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)

  26. Florida Senate (Incumbent) • SD 36- (Oscar Braynon) • SD 38- (Rene Garcia) • SD 40- (Miguel Diaz de la Portilla)

  27. Florida House (Incumbent)term limited • HD 100- (Joe Gibbons) • HD 102- (Sharon Pritchett) • HD 103- (Manny Diaz) • HD 105- (Carlos Trujillo) • HD 107- (Barbara Watson) • HD 108- (Daphne Campbell) • HD 109- (Cynthia Stafford) • HD 110- (Jose Oliva) • HD 111- (Eduardo Gonzalez) • HD 112- (Jose Javier Rodriguez) • HD 113- (David Richardson) • HD 114- (Erik Fresen) • HD 115- (Michael Bileca) • HD 116- (Jose Felix Diaz) • HD 117- (Kionne McGhee) • HD 118- (Frank Artiles) • HD 119- (Jeanette Nunez) • HD 120- (Holly Raschein)

  28. School Board (Incumbent) • SB 2- (Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall) • SB 4- (Perla Tabares-Hantman) • SB 6- (Raquel Regalado) • SB 8- (Marta Perez)

  29. What can you do? • Build legislative relationships now! • Be prepared to speak by following our web page, Facebook and Twitter • Write, call, visit locally with your legislator • Recruit membership for UTD • Get members to register to vote! • Get active through UTD’s Legislative Committee

  30. Membership Action • Hold a unit meeting week of 1/27 to discuss the legislative priorities • Have membership complete survey to rank priorities.

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