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Wed Apr-13-11 11:48 AM
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Gov. Rick Scott's reluctance to make legal claim for oil spill spurs outrage |
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TALLAHASSEE — The rosy scene bothered Tampa lawyer Steve Yerrid.
There was Gov. Rick Scott on Monday, happily announcing a $30 million marketing and tourism grant from BP for seven Panhandle counties, thanking a BP senior executive at his side for "stepping up."
Yerrid, appointed by then-Gov. Charlie Crist last year to serve as Florida's special counsel on the oil spill, says the grant is "chump change" compared to at least $1 billion the state could get from filing a claim against the oil giant.
"The fact that we haven't filed a claim, and (Scott's) been in office since January, to me cannot be adequately explained," Yerrid said. "It's not like Florida doesn't need the money."
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Wed Apr-13-11 12:12 PM
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1. Thank you, everyone who voted for Rick Scott or thought that |
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splitting up the Dem vote was a good idea. Brilliant move.
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