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R.I.P., dead Gators
The Senate's higher education appropriations committee just cleared for a floor vote the UF-backed bill that would allow state universities to build sites on campus where the most devoted of alums can rest for eternity -- in the form of ashes.
SB 926 would allow UF and other state universities (though UF at this point is the only one interested) to build columbaria on campus. It's one of the more unusual things on the universities' wish lists this session, and lawmakers can't help but make fun.
FSU alum Sen. Jim King this morning told Sen. Dan Gelber, who chaired the meeting: "I think it's only fitting, if you're so inclined, that we call this the Dead Gator Bill."
Gelber: "Um, alright. That motion has NOT been entertained."
Gelber then called on lobbyist Wilbur Brewton, who signed up to speak.
Burton: "Waive in support of the dead Gators."
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