Dozens Of Negative Headlines For Rick Scott So Far This Week
The negative headlines keep piling up for Gov. Rick Scott. He’s been caught slacking on the job. He’s unwilling to fire an incompetent state contractor who donated to his campaign. He’s defending the racist Stand Your Ground law after yet another murder. Florida’s beaches are a confused mess because of the beach access restrictions he signed into law. Toxic algae is destroying communities along Florida’s waterways.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg — a dozen negative storylines are dogging Gov. Scott this week.
And it’s only Wednesday….
Politico: As Scott targets congressional work schedules, his own shrinks
WTSP: Founder of company behind SunPass collapse raises money for Rick Scott campaign
Tampa Bay Times: Florida Democrats: SunPass users were ‘double-billed’ and state knew it
Fort Myers News-Press: Troubled SunPass vendor linked to Gov. Rick Scott
Daily Commercial: Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s investments draw scrutiny
Florida Politics: Despite six years between Stand Your Ground controversies, Rick Scott’s talking points stay the same
Tampa Bay Times: Tracking Rick Scott’s six-figure campaign haul from the GEO Group
MapLight: Private Prison Company Donates To Rick Scott Super PAC Despite Contribution Ban
Law&Crime: Rick Scott Super PAC May Received Illegal Contribution From Private Prison Company
The Gainesville Sun: Editorial: Florida law encourages shootings
Palm Beach Post: Editorial: Florida bears moral duty to remedy harms of drug scourge
MyPanhandle: Locals Protest Gov. Rick Scott’s Beach Access Law
Palm Beach Post Editorial: Bury confusing beach access law in the sand
NWF Daily News: Walton County trashes private beach garbage collection
Florida Politics: Joe Henderson: Stand Your Ground worked just like lawmakers intended
Tampa Bay Times: Judge: Florida’s early voting-on-campus ban shows ‘stark pattern of discrimination’
CBS Miami: Federal Judge Rules Against State On Campus Early Voting
Florida Times-Union: Gov. Scott’s appointee sought unemployment benefits a week before taking office
Pensacola News Journal: Editorial: Growing environmental problems might decide Florida elections
USA Today: Editorial: As Florida’s problems worsen, environment looms larger in elections
Fort Myers News-Press: Florida algae crisis: Four possible fixes for the Everglades algal blooms
Fort Myers News-Press: Algae blooms disrupt Cape Coral canals with foul odor, green spray-paint look
Sun Sentinel: Indifference leads to the sliming of a Florida river | Opinion
Naples Daily News: Commentary: The shameful sliming of a Florida river
WPTV: Scientists: Many other toxins possibly in algae
Published: Jul 25, 2018