Is she the crazy woman who wanted to take school lunches away from kids? or is that another one?
I think that is someone else. Storms is one who has no concept of the separation of church and state, or at least refuses to acknowledge gray areas or nuance in any way. Here are a few of her greatest hits!
Storms is the one who introduced the bill last year that promoted the teaching of intelligent design in public school science classrooms. (I am solidly in the camp that ID is an idea, and might well have merit particularly in a philosophy class, but not in any way a scientific theory. We discussed this ad nauseum a year ago.) A version of the bill passed and I still don't understand what it says, but it wasn't her original plan.
And from the county commission (info from Wikipedia):
Child abuser sterilization plan
In 2004 and 2005, Storms tried to introduce a law which would approve sterilization for men and women convicted of child abuse in Hillsborough County. The original motion was approved by all commissioners in attendance in February 2005.[8]
When the County Attorney, Ren?e Lee, made it known to Storms that only the state legislature could pass such statutes, not the County Commission, she made it high priority to lobby for the bill to various legislators. Originally the bill called for sterilization to be voluntary, but between February and April 2005, Storms rewrote the bill, which would make sterilization a mandatory part of sentencing.[9] The Florida legislature turned down Storms' bill in 2005, citing lack of time to discuss it. The bill also did not come up for discussion in 2006, meaning the ruling from the Commission in early 2005 does not have any legal standing.
Storms' positions on gay issues
In June 2005, some library patrons complained about a book display at the West Gate Regional Library in Town 'n' Country honoring June, which is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. Storms heard about the complaints and decided to put to a vote to ban such book displays in county libraries. On June 15, however, she moved for the Commission to "adopt a policy that Hillsborough County government abstain from acknowledging, promoting or participating in gay pride recognition and events, little g, little p." In effect, by adding the footnote "little g, little p," the county would be abstaining from acknowledging, promoting or participating in any recognition or events for gay pride at any time, not just during "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month," with "big G and big P."[11]
The vote was passed 5-1, with Commissioner Ken Hagan out of the room during the vote, and Kathy Castor dissenting, saying "I think it's inappropriate for government to promote discrimination." Storms then asked that an addendum be placed upon the bill, that it cannot be repealed without a super majority vote of at least 5-2, and a public hearing. This time Hagan joined the vote and the addendum was passed 6-1, with Castor again being the only dissent. In the public hearing portion of the meeting, which occurred before the meeting, many people spoke out against the removal of book displays, not knowing of the impending vote.
(Kathy Castor is now my representative in Congress. I am a fan of hers so far. )
(I'd research it, but Law & Order is on.)
That's pretty good! It looks a little etcha-sketchy. Did you do that? 