Senator Chris Smith, Esq.

March 13, 2018

Senator Chris Smith, Esq.

Tripp Scott

110 Seth 6^th Street

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

Senator Smith,

Mark Caputo, co-editor of Florida Politico and part-time Nazi hunter, quoted you on gun control legislation in today’s screed thus:

“Floridians should have a right to vote on this. The

 Legislature had its vote and that’s about 160 people.

Now the rest of Florida should have its say.”

How about criminal trials? How about criminal trials for particularly heinous crimes?

Should O.J. have been tried in Beverly Hills or Watts? Still a unanimous vote to convict? 

Do we still need the electoral college? How about the Senate? Delaware has the same number of Senators as Florida. That doesn’t seem “fair”, does it?

Do you recall that 62% of Florida voters said no to same-sex marriage? In fact, not once, as in never, was it approved in any plebiscite, ever. Look it up.

Are you saying that “Florida should have its say” only on certain matters but not all? Who gets to pick which “things are bound up on earth” and which aren’t? A still dead Roman said, “Quis custodes custodiet”. Good advice then; good advice now.

You may wish to take a refresher course on the difference between a democracy and a republic. You may wish to take a peek at the 25 centuries old warnings against the perils of democracy. Allow me to introduce, by paraphrasing, Orwell.

“All votes are equal. Some votes are more equal than others.”

Kevin Smith