Editorial: Time to go, Councilmembers De León and Cedillo
In this opinion column, I will review the events that prompted the recent decision by the Florida Senate to appoint a new Speaker, the events around the election of the new Speaker and, finally, the implications of the Senate appointment.
A few days before our recent “Day Without Immigrants” in September, Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez (D): “My colleagues and I are deeply committed to protecting America’s immigrant community and to defending our national sovereignty.
“That being said, the federal government should not be in the business of providing citizenship to the world’s undocumented immigrants,” added Rodriguez, who represents parts of Miami-Dade County.
A few days before our recent “Day Without Immigrants” in September, Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez (D): “My colleagues and I are deeply committed to protecting America’s immigrant community and to defending our national sovereignty.
“That being said, the federal government should not be in the business of providing citizenship to the world’s undocumented immigrants,” added Rodriguez, who represents parts of Miami-Dade County.
When the Senate appointed Pedro Rios to the vacant Speaker’s seat, he said, “We were asked to review the qualifications of a candidate who had an open seat and whose seat was not up for election.
“We are also asked to investigate whether the seat was vacant through no fault of the House of Representatives.”
When the Senate appointed Pedro Rios to the vacant Speaker’s seat, he said, “We were asked to review the qualifications of a candidate who had an open seat and whose seat was not up for election.
“We are also asked to investigate whether the seat was vacant through no fault of the House of Representatives.”
It is important to note that Rios did not serve in the Florida House of Representatives (FL House) prior to winning election in 2014 to the Florida Senate. So, the seat is vacant because it was never up for election.
A seat was never up for election, it is true, but it may have been up for election if the state were to pass a law that provided “automatic status” to