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http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-floridas-neglected-priorities/2154177Editorial: Florida's neglected priorities
"Gov. Rick Scott's budget priorities for next year don't add up and it's not just his numbers that don't make sense. With the economic picture brightening, Florida should be reinvesting after years of devastating spending cuts that hurt higher education, social services and law enforcement. Yet the governor wants to keep starving government and hand a half-billion dollars in tax breaks to special interests.
Scott issued a position paper this fall calling for $500 million in unspecified tax cuts and $100 million more in state spending cuts for 2014-15. Never mind that Florida cut $9 billion in spending in recent years because of the recession and home mortgage crisis that caused dramatic drops in tax revenue. Never mind the state still spends less per public school student than it did before the economic collapse, or that the portion of higher education costs covered by the state has been declining while college tuition has been rising. Never mind there is little or no money to meet the demand for new roads, to fix and repair schools, or to buy environmentally sensitive land.
While Scott jets around Florida in his private plane to brag about promised jobs in return for business tax breaks, the state faces more than one expensive crisis. Two examples: At least 20 children known to the Department of Children and Families have died since April, primarily from abuse or neglect, and the child-protection system needs an overhaul. And the Indian River Lagoon, the St. Lucie River and its estuary are being polluted by an algae slime caused in part by polluted water released from Lake Okeechobee. Legislators are looking at spending a few hundred million dollars to help clean up that environmental mess."
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The worst governor ever!! (Original Post)
Sancho
Nov 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Yes, Florida "wins" this contest, but Wisconsin's Scott finishes a close second.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)2. According to GOP logic he is now ready to
announce is bid for President. Now all him & Walker need to do is hash out who is going to take the VP slot.
What posessed the voters in Florida to elect him in the first pace? He should have been in prison and not eligible to run for office.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)6. People still persist in never investigating before they vote, sadly. And others are
too damn trusting and vote with limited information ... falling for the hot button divisive issues, over and over again.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)4. Republicans have set the record for bad governors.
Really.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)7. Definitely !!!!!!!! n/t
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)5. He is selling off our conservation land. nt