In Wesley Chapel last week, Republican state Senate candidate Rob Wallace unveiled what he is calling his Florida Family Economic Health in State Budgeting Act.
“No bill with an economic impact in Florida should be passed without analyzing and predicting the change in the tax burden to the typical Florida family of four," Wallace said, as he tries introducing policy initiatives to attract attention in his now underdog role in the race.
Wallace previously served in the Florida House in the 90's (1994-2002), and announced way back in February that he wasn't afraid to take on then-incumbent Jim Norman, already scarred politically from the Ralph Hughes scandal.
But Norman wasn't apparently that scarred within the Republican Party of Florida, as only first-time candidate John Korsak had the temerity to challenge the former longtime County Commissioner.
Wallace then got in – but only once the scrambling began with the newly drawn districts did we see Pasco Representative John Legg get into the race – and with it came Norman's departure from the race. Then seemingly the entire Florida GOP establishment behind him. And Wallace, understandably, doesn't like it.
This article appears in Jul 19-25, 2012.