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Related: About this forumRick Scott is the worst governor ever...
Check out this story about the high-speed rail.
http://www.charliecrist.com/updates/rick-scott-turned-high-speed-rail?source=socnet_fb_20140710_cc_fb
"For years now, weve been asking why on Earth Rick Scott would turn down $2.4 billion in high-speed rail.
Finally, were starting to get answers.
Scott said no to high-speed rail in order to cut out competition for a private company with strong ties to his chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth.
Scotts showing his true colors once again. He put special interests and personal connections above real Floridians. Scott has got to go."
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Ordered the national guard to NOT recognize same sex marriages.
Suggested we all pray for drought relief.
Blocked Medicaid expansion to cover 150,000 people.
Slashed education funding.
Signed TEN new laws limiting women's access to abortion and birth control.
Blocked minimum wage increases.
We win. Our governor sucks more than any governor in the country. Mary Fallin is proof positive that a WOMAN can be as much of a MONSTER as any MAN.
Yay.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)but I don't have the time
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)Sooooo much bad news EVERYWHERE I hardly know what to respond to. So many SERIOUS, SERIOUS problems being ignored by too many STUPID, STUPID people and it's driving me crazy!
And even here at a FLORIDA FORUM, people in other states can easily chime in about how bad it is with their Governors! Not complaining that they are posting here, but THIS is an example of what's happening to this country! Seems no matter where you look or where you go "we the people" have become invisible in so many ways!
No matter what, this is just ONE reason Rick Scott "the alien" MUST go! It's always been about him & his GREED! A serious FELON who somehow got himself elected here in Florida was deplorable from DAY ONE!
All I can say is we MUST get rid of him! I'm doing all I can to push people to vote, but even though I hear so many people say it all the time I worry they won't really vote. And so many road blocks are being put in the way that even though some roads blocks have been ruled unconstitutional I wonder how many people even know it!
What's even worse is that people tell me all the time I should "focus" on other things and not stress myself out. This kind of talk simply tells me THEY aren't paying attention and could care less. Just put the blinders on and play like the 3 monkeys... hear no evil, see no evil and SPEAK no evil!
So totally IGNORANT and one of the main reasons we're in this mess! Bad enough that we're being screwed, but they act like I'm the idiot talking. Regardless, I keep trying and RICK SCOTT needs his ass kicked out!
Sancho
(9,070 posts)I don't know how he got elected...even my GOP neighbors don't like him.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)And I live in a SUPER RED COUNTY! And a very wealthy one at that! I'm not one of the wealthy, not even sure I'm middle class anymore!
Let's keep our fingers crossed! Long article in our Sunday paper about our wealthy Governor's race, but Scott worth was quoted at $132.7 million, Crist at $1.25 million. But some back & forth about Crist's wife's wealth that he didn't include. Small comment about Scott's wife's wealth. To me a lot of difference in who has more, but still I'll take a million!
Think my paper is pro Scott, haven't checked to see if they endorsed Scott though. Don't know how they could, but Scott has been here several times raising money. Crist is from Tampa, north of where I live and worked for Morgan & Morgan. They're the ones who have been pushing the legalization of MJ for a long time. Have to have a 60% vote margin to pass that one. May bring more younger voters out who could be a big factor in this election! Still, many younger voters around here were Ron Paul supporters.
We'll see.