City of Orlando v. Central Florida Police Benevolent Ass'n

I respectfully dissent. The issue in this case is whether PERC abused its discretion by interpreting its rules to permit (in effect) an amendment to an earlier petition. That requires us to decide whether the two petitions are so dissimilar in content and form as to constitute a completely different “cause of action.” 1 Is it, as they say in the vernacular, “a horse of an entirely different color?” Because I think the petitions were substantially the same, I would affirm.

Both petitions are provided for by different rules promulgated by PERC.2 A unit *1090clarification petition is appropriate where…