Except the Orange County Commission has announced they have no intention of doing it:
A Florida judge ruled Monday that a hotly contested paid sick leave measure must be on the ballot in Orange County, Florida during November’s election. The initiative has been lobbied against by businesses in the area and was bumped off the ballot last week by the Orange County Commission. But Monday, a judge sided with paid sick leave activists, ruling that the paid sick leave vote could not be delayed. The law would make paid sick leave compulsory for any business with more than 15 employees.
Via email:
Just hours ago a 3-judge panel ordered Orange County to place the Earned Sick Time measure on the November ballot, which need to happen by tomorrow in order to meet a Federal deadline for printing ballots. But just minutes ago, the Commission said they aren’t going to do it, silencing the voices of the 50,000 people who signed the petitions to qualify the measure for the ballot in the first place.
Time to jail the Commission for contempt. Only let them out AFTER the elections.
It’ll be on the ballot. The political pressure on them is building from all directions.
Republicans on that board? This is their idea of democracy and representation? Gain power and then act only for the powerful and bidnesses (as in doing the bidding of Big Business and little business if they make enough donations)?
There seems to be a strong tendency among rightwing Repubs to ignore court orders which do not suit their objectives.
Wow. Cue Franklin on what kind of government the Constitution would provide: A republic, madam, if we can keep it (paraphrase).