Scott's campaign shuts down 'private gator hunt' fund-raiser

[brooklynite]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Gov. Rick Scott's re-election campaign on Tuesday cancelled a planned $25,000-a-person fund-raiser that featured a private alligator hunt. The campaign has not yet given a reason for the decision, but the event -- and its quick demise -- became a social media sensation and prompted media inquiries. The unusual event, first reported by SaintPetersBlog, was to have taken place in New Smyrna Beach on Oct. 18.

On Twitter Tuesday, former Republican Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland questioned how Scott's campaign could put on such an event, with limits on the number of alligator permits in the state. "This raises a few questions. Usually licenses/permits done by lottery. How do they get enough for all donors?" Dockery tweeted.

Scott, at an "It's Your Money" tax-cut event on Tuesday afternoon in downtown Fort Lauderdale, brushed off a question about the event and told a reporter to contact the Republican Party of Florida, even though the invitations made clear that Scott's campaign was handling reservations.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/scotts-campaign-quickly-pulls-plug-on-gator-hunt-fund-raiser/2141158

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Just like shooting chicken....

[onehandle]

1. Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa!

Big men shooting creatures with more of a soul than they will ever have.

[monmouth3]

2. He has been the equivalent of a serious hurricane down here. Now he's allowing teens to carry.

Cannot wait until he's gone, and don't get any Floridians started on Pam Bondi..

[Lochloosa]

3. Just for mentioning that name.....

Angela Corey

[monmouth3]

4. Ooooh, that is scary..n/t

[silvershadow]

5. Corporate told him this was a bad idea, so he backed off. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Carl Hiaasen's "Sick Puppy."

Anyone who's read that knows exactly to what I am referring.

[Richardo]

8. ...

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

7. Maybe he is.....

.....going public instead, more inclusive you see.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. WTF???!!

I want my goddam money back. No gator, no $25k. I'm stopping the check right now.

[Snake Plissken]

10. It's gotta be the toxins from the BP Oil Spill seeping into the water supply

Thinking a $25,000-a-person fund raising alligator hunt was a good idea?

That level of brain damage doesn't occur naturally