Crist Stops Florida "Pirates" from Raiding Gun Owners Licensing Fund

Crist blocks 2 percent state employee pay cut; gun license sweep

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But Crist vetoed two items he had been heavily lobbied on: a $25 million cut to the pay of state employees making more than $45,000 annually; and a $6 million raid on the licensing trust fund for gun owners.

Both presented potentially thorny issues to the first-term governor who has announced he plans to run for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Gun-rights groups bombarded his office with more than 25,000 complaints. And state workers, unions, and Democratic allies also pressed the governor to block the pay-cut. Crist said both cuts were unneeded and state agencies could adjust their spending plans to do without the roughly $31 million in savings they would have absorbed.

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The NRA, which has about 450,000 members in Florida, sought the trust fund veto because the money that goes into the fund comes from concealed weapons permit application and renewal fees.