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A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2015

A quick look at Rick Scott‘s budget reveals that Northeast Florida for the most part escaped his veto pen, incurring about $20 million of line items, small potatoes compared to other regions of the state. The big veto, as Tia Mitchell observes, was $5 million for a state contribution toward a training facility for the Jacksonville Armada. […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $461 million worth of projects from the state’s nearly $80 billion budget Tuesday morning, but the University of South Florida’s two pet projects survived his veto pen. They include $17 million for relocating USF’s Morsani College of Medicine to its expected downtown Tampa home on the corner of Meridian […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 23, 2015

Rick Scott vetoed $461.4 million in special projects when he signed the fiscal year 2015-16 budget early Tuesday morning, in his office and not in the public. No governor has vetoed more in cash projects than Scott did early this morning, his staff claims in a prepared statement. Included in the veto list: $15 million for […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2015

One of the annual rites of spring in Tallahassee is for Florida TaxWatch to release their Turkey Watch Report, which traditionally is released in May shortly after the Legislature finishes their work and before the governor signs the budget. The report spotlights legislative projects placed in the budget without proper opportunity for public review and debate, which […]

Gary FineoutJune 23, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday ended the state’s biggest budget crisis in more than two decades by signing a more than $78 billion budget into law, but he may have created another divide with some of his fellow Republicans. Scott signed the budget just days after the Florida Legislature approved it during an unusual June […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2015

Rick Scott has a week to sign the just-passed $78.7 billion Florida budget, and he’s promising taxpayers that “I’m going to watch your money” as he reviews projects with his veto pen. The Legislature’s last-minute addition of $300 million in pet local projects (including for a USF medical facility moving to downtown Tampa) has caused outrage in […]

Peter SchorschJune 22, 2015

There are few people in Florida politics with more influence than Susie Wiles. She’s a managing partner for mega-lobbyist Brian Ballard; she ran the 2010 campaign of little-known outsider, now two-term Gov. Rick Scott; and she has been a gubernatorial appointee to the Republican Party of Florida’s Executive Committee. Wiles’ reach extends outside of Florida […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2015

Rick Scott is coming soon to Connecticut to sell business leaders on the virtues of relocating Florida, where he’ll pitch them on the idea that they’d save a whole lot of money by coming to a much lower-taxed state. And Enterprise Florida is already hyping the visit, as they began airing a radio in markets in […]

Phil AmmannJune 22, 2015

On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott takes a one-day victory lap around the state to celebrate more than $400 million in tax cuts going back to citizens. Scott will visit seven Florida cities on a 12-hour “KEEP FLORIDA WORKING” Tax Cut Victory Tour, a recently signed $428.9-million tax-cut bill presented in the newly passed $79 billion […]

Phil AmmannJune 20, 2015

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, who has been considering a bid for Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat, confirmed he will announce a decision on July 15. Lopez-Cantera announced the date to an audience of Miami-Dade Republicans while introducing Rubio – who is in the midst of his own presidential campaign — at the county GOP’s annual Lincoln Day […]

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Rick Scott’s vetoes go easy on Northeast Florida

USF funding projects survive Rick Scott’s veto pen

Gov. Scott zaps $461 million in special projects as he signs state budget

Rick Scott’s budget signing preempts impact of Florida TaxWatch turkey list

Gov. Rick Scott signs state budget in private, averts government shutdown

Mitch Perry Report for 6.23.15 — Will Rick Scott veto IMG Academy funding?

Tax troubles for Jacksonville insider Susie Wiles?

Rick Scott cuts radio ad in Connecticut about doing business in the Sunshine State

Rick Scott to launch seven-city victory tour on $400 million tax cut bill

Carlos Lopez-Cantera to announce Senate intentions July 15