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Richard Lynn "Rick" Scott (born December 1, 1952) is an American politician who is the 45th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Florida. Scott served in the U.S. Navy and then went into business. He earned a business degree and law degree and joined a Dallas firm where he became partner. In 1987 he helped found the Columbia Hospital Corporation with two business partners; this merged with Hospital Corporation of America in 1989 to form Columbia/HCA and eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the U.S. He was forced to resign as Chief Executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997 amid a scandal over the company's business and Medicare billing practices; the company ultimately admitted to fourteen felonies and agreed to pay the federal government over $600 ...
Just in case there are any Floridians left who really believe Rick Scott has their best interests in mind, he's taken part in an "infomercial" with the Florida Chamber Of Commerce and their President, Mark Wilson to boldly prove otherwise.
In the video below, Scott participates in the Chamber's "Bottom Line" series, which is described on the Chamber website as "a weekly web-based program featuring key figures from Florida's corridors of power." It seems to be designed to look like a question and answer session on Florida's economy, jobs, pension "reform" and education, but comes off more like ...
fabo - in poll Rick Scott Scott’s executive order requiring drug testing for many current state workers and job applicants appears may be headed for a legal challenge.
How much do Florida taxpayers have a right to know about public employees?
By signing an executive order last week that requires drug testing for many current state workers and job applicants, Gov. Rick Scott is betting the public is entitled to know a lot.
Legal scholars say the governor has overreached, and that his order contradicts what many consider to be settled law regarding drug-testing of government employees.
Both sides appear ...
fabo - in poll Rick Scott If we lived in New York, the tabloid headline today might read:
“Rick Scott to Voters: Drop Dead.”
That’s because an interesting poll was released yesterday.
A group called Public Policy Polling recently asked 500 Florida voters whether they approved or disapproved of the governor’s performance.
And so, three months into Gov. Rick Scott’s term, we now havenumbers to confirm what people on Internet forums and in baseball stadiums already know: Floridian’s don’t much care for Scott’s gut-education/attack-workers/slash-and-burn strategy.
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fabo - in poll Rick Scott
