TALLAHASSEE -- The legal team supervising House and Senate mapmakers redrawing Florida's political districts is a conglomerate of Republican party loyalists and administration insiders even though they are paid by taxpayers.
One lawyer on the team fended off a Miami-Dade recount on behalf of President Bush.
Another represented Gov. Jeb Bush in the legal wrangle over absentee ballots.
A third is married to Gov. Bush's reelection campaign manager and a fourth was in business with one of House Speaker Tom Feeney's top advisors.
The GOP-dominated group was amassed by Feeney to ensure that the district maps crafted by Republican leaders in the House stick. Republican leaders in the Senate have assembled a similar, taxpayer-supported legal team. Democrats, forced to take a back-row seat in the process, have their own attorneys, paid for out of private donations.
Thursday, March 07, 2002
Redistricting legal team mostly GOP loyalists: Team members have ties to the Bushes, Feeney
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