Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes, will be the last of the leaders to name his appointees; he has until the 2017 legislative session begins Tuesday to make his selections official.
It’s not unusual for governors to pick commission members who reflect their ideology, said Florida State University political science professor Carol Weissert.
“We wouldn’t necessarily expect him to go out and do a random selection process. It looked like it was a pretty diverse group, geographically and racially,” said Weissert, who also serves as director of the LeRoy Collins Institute, which is leading an educational effort focused on the commission’s work. “The proof is going to be in the pudding. When those people get together are they going to put aside their partisanship and look at the issues that are the best for Florida? And we don’t know that until they meet.”
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3/3/2017
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