Ex-GOP Majority Leader in FL: "I will not sell my soul" [View All]

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Wow!!

Only a couple of months ago Alex Villalobos was on the cusp of making history as a future president of the state Senate, the first Cuban American who would hold the post.

But the Miami senator's long history as a moderate and independent cost him the leadership post. Then, Monday night, it led to his firing as Senate majority leader minutes after he cast a deciding vote to kill Gov. Jeb Bush's efforts to revive one of his prized education jewels: giving parents public money vouchers to send their kids to private school.

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Villalobos said he didn't understand. He said he has been "consistent" all along.

"My legacy, whatever it is, was not going to be that I helped bring down public education in the state of Florida," he said. "And if I have to lose my position in the Senate because of that, then that's fine. And if I don't get to come back as a senator, then that's fine, too. I will not sell my soul or sell my vote."

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14485634.htm