Heddy
Pena
Former
Executive
and
Political
Director
Safeguarding
American
Values
for
Everyone
(SAVE)
Heddy
Pena
took
over
Miami’s
grassroots
GLBT
political
action
committee
after
Miami-Dade
County
voters
approved
its
gay-friendly
Human
Rights
Ordinance
in
2002
and
since
then
she
has
been
a
constant
and
fierce
watchdog
for
GLBT
equality
rights.
Pena
has
led
the
organization’s
efforts
to
secure
equal
benefits
to
Miami
Beach
employees
and
recently
the
approval
for
the
domestic
partnership
registry
in
Miami
Dade.
This
week
she
stepped
down
from
her
position
SAVE
to
take
a
more
active
role
in
the
campaign
to
defeat
Amendment
2.
She
will
be
heading
Spanish-language
media
efforts
as
well
as
fundraising
for
Florida
Red
and
Blue.
FOE
OF
THE
WEEK
Charlie
Crist
Governor
State
of
Florida
To
most
who’ve
been
watching
the
ascent
of
Florida’s
governor
Charlie
Crist
to
a
more
national
scope
as
a
short-listed
potential
vice-presidential
material,
Crist’s
declarative
statement
supporting
Amendment
2,
the
constitutional
measure
to
ban
same
sex
marriage
in
Florida
comes
as
no
surprise.
Crist,
after
all,
was
among
the
first
to
sign
the
petition
to
place
the
measure
on
the
ballot.
However,
he’s
walked
an
ambiguous
line
stating
for
several
months
that
he
defines
his
position
as
“live
and
let
live.”
As
his
profile
zooms
to
national
name
recognition
one
can
only
see
his
leadership
as
one
that
will
do
and
say
what
is
expeditiously
advantageous
to
his
own
ambition.
Crist
has
been
criticized
for
moving
increasingly
to
the
right
to
win
over
more
conservative
factions
of
the
Republican
Party.
And
while
his
declarative
support
for
Amendment
2
brings
an
end
to
his
nebulous
stance
on
the
issue,
it
will
not
be
the
decisive
straw
to
sway
voters
Nov.
4.
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