Self-Serving Scott’s Week in Review: Making Florida Sicker, Deepening the Swamp and Ignoring Painful Realities in Puerto Rico
Not Draining the Swamp - Deepening It.
* "He came in as an outsider, but he will leave with the status quo intact and insiders still in control."
* "Scott has pulled in special interest cash like no governor before him, stocked state government with friends, drawing charges of cronyism, and regularly socializes with top lobbyists, including
* "Even allies struggle to find ways that he changed the culture in a capital where he is by far the best-known politician."
* "After spending more than
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Scott's results in health care as governor "stink" with the rate of uninsured Floridians going up, according to this
* "Since Scott took office in 2011,
* "It gets worse.
* "Education isn't a Scott priority. Nor is health care for the man whose hospital company paid a
* "Unlike Scott, other Republican governors and legislatures have looked past their party's opposition to the Affordable Care Act and focused on helping their states."
* "Yet the governor who stresses "results" has chosen politics and ideology -- he opposed the ACA as a private citizen -- over policy."
Scott's Negligence Again Endangering Nursing Home Residents.
Even after 12 senior citizens died last year due to Scott's inaction and negligence, most nursing facilities are not ready with generators for this hurricane season, according to the
* "But only 48 nursing homes and 91 ALFs have reported they have installed equipment and had state site inspections as of
* "So the nightmare scenario could happen again."
* "The delays mean that as
* "Though the changes were touted as one of the most visible reforms post-Irma, 254 nursing homes and 313 assisted living facilities have already been approved for extensions up to
Scott's already started "bogus displays of stormy weather leadership."
Scott is "using his office on the campaign trail to the
* "The losers of Scott's overkill, however, were businesses, particularly in tourism, who depend on holiday weekends for a big chunk of their sales -- and lost out to the exaggeration of what amounted to sporadic rain showers with some squally weather. That was the only debris left by Alberto for Scott to clean up."
* "It's going to be a long summer with campaigning
Senator Nelson Calling
Scott has refused to sign on to legislation extending the moratorium on drilling near
* "Scott campaign spokesman Ryan Patmintra has not answered questions seeking to further define the area where the governor opposes drilling, though Patmintra says his answers are responsive."
Scott Exacerbating Opioid Crisis.
Scott slashing
Scott Cronies He Appointed to Top Positions Funding His Campaign.
Fellow shady businessman
Scott Still Terrible at Following the Rules.
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