Gov. Charlie Crist says no other issue has put as much political pressure on him during his more than three years in office as a bill that would make it easier to fire Florida teachers and tie their pay to student test scores.
How much pressure?
“A ton. A ton,” Crist said Friday while visiting a state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission office in St. Petersburg, his hometown. Crist has backed off from his earlier support of the bill, and he now says he’s unsure whether he’ll sign or veto it.
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