Three years ago,
when Big Sugar was financing
the campaign of
Rick Scott's GOP
opponent,
Scott called the sugar money
"disgusting."
Governor Jeb Bush,
Senator Marco Rubio
and
Governor Rick Scott
all have collected money from US
Sugar
The Five of them,
and many more in the 'Florida State Congress'
are helping Sugar companies in
and around Florida to pollute
our rivers, streams, Lakes, and the Atlantic Ocean!
Another $100K
donation from US Sugar to Gov. Rick Scott
Jeremy Wallace,
Times/Herald Tallahassee
Wednesday, June 29,
2016 12:42pm
With another
$100,000 donation earlier this month,
The US Sugar
Corporation has become one of
Gov. Rick Scott top financial supporters.
Since October,
US
Sugar has now given Scott $200,000
in donations for a political committee
Scott
runs called Let’s Get to Work.
In hitting the $200,000 threshold,
US Sugar became one of Scott’s
five biggest donors since the start of 2015.
By far the biggest
donor to Scott since the start of 2015
remains the Florida Chamber of Commerce,
which has
donated $790,000 to Scott’s committee.
Floridians for a Stronger Democracy
(a
political committee with ties to Associated Industries of Florida);
"In other words a large
Lobbyists Group!"
and
Tampa
Bay Lightning owner Jeffrey
Vinik
have also given $200,000
or more to Let’s Get to Work.
Since the start of
2015, Scott has raised
$6.5 million for Let’s Get to Work, including about $1.7
million in 2016.
Let’s Get to Work has spent $4.9 million since the start of
2015,
and about $1.8 million in 2016.
The financial
activity comes despite Scott being term limited and unable to run for
re-election.
While some have suggested Scott is
aiming to run for the U.S.
Senate in 2018,
Scott has refused to say publicly whether he is considering
taking on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat.
Rick Scott now flush
with the sugar money he once criticized
October 12,
2013|Scott Maxwell, TAKING NAMES
Three years ago,
when Big Sugar was financing the campaign of Rick Scott's GOP opponent,
Scott
called the sugar money "disgusting."
"He's owned by
U.S. Sugar," Scott said of veteran Republican Bill McCollum. "They've
given him nearly a million dollars for his campaign. And it's disgusting."
GOP Turmoil, Climate
Change and Fair Districts in Florida
Have Big Sugar Scrambling
May 13, 2016
Rubio offers three
proposals
to stop the algae,
but sending water south isn't one of them,
WHY?
U.S. Sen. Marco
Rubio said on Friday three things need to happen immediately
to tackle the
algae crisis,
but none of them includes buying land to send Lake Okeechobee
water
south to reduce discharges.