Not tedious at all, Cabo. Great historical background as far as I'm concerned.

I don't know enough about the details of the bill. My summary was probably too terse, given my lack of detailed knowledge of the legislation. What I do know is that the bill is being used as grist for the political mill here. Notwithstanding Governor Crist's great performance (as far as I'm concerned anyway), he's not far enough to the right for some of the legislators who are backing his primary opponent. From news reports, the bill was passed and presented to the Governor for his ratification more because his decision could be used against him in the primary campaign than as the result of the immediate need for the legislation.

While Crist is a Republican, he is clearly a centrist Republican. Apparently, there are some things about the bill that he doesn't like--maybe the attack on tenure, as you described. But reports are the bill was passed so that, if he was going to veto it for whatever reasons he has, that decision would have to occur during the primary campaign and could be used against him politically by his primary opponent, who is farther to the right than the Governor.

What's sad about this is that the teachers will all be affected by whatever decision is made and whether this bill is good or bad, influenced more by politics than the desirability of the bill itself.