And Governor Ricks Secret is?
As Florida Governor
Rick Scotts loves to say,
"After all its
your money!"
Among other things,
Scott wanted one of his companies to drill for oil in an Environmentally
protected strip of land
next to one of his
mansions in Florida, in fact he passes a law to make it so!
We the people, minus
his puppets, took him to court to stop his onslaught of our protected land.
He, as governor, has
and will not pay a penny in court cost, we the taxpayers are footing the bill
to the tune of $700,000, plus $55,000, plus, In both cases, not only were
settlements reached using tax dollars, but attorney’s fees were also paid using
tax dollars.
The governor paid
$165,000 and $139,000 for outside council in the two cases; with cabinet
members paying another $225,000 according to documents posted online. Because
of media attention, Scott’s office has started posting open records requests on
its website. Figures for payouts are detailed in a series of requests from
media outlets across the state.
“If there is no
punishment, if the person responsible doesn’t pay the fine then there is no
deterrent, no reason to think the person won’t do the same thing in the
future,” says Foglesong.
Well now aren’t you
proud of yourself for voting him into office, TWICE!
"And what on
earth is all of this garbage about Hillary Clintons Email,
why not the Bushes
and our governor also?