Rick Scott wants to run state parks like a business, profiting off of cattle grazing, hunting, and timber harvesting in state parks.
Category: Animal Welfare
From Michael Auslen of the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau, 08/23/16: CLEARWATER — Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday that a locally-transmitted case of Zika […] Read More
From Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster of Florida Politics, 07/12/2016: It’s time to take action. That was the message Gov. Rick Scott sent to Florida’s congressional delegation in […] Read More
From Gil Smart of TCPalm, 07/01/2016: Dear Gov. Scott: You’ve got a real mess on your hands down here on the Treasure Coast. And you […] Read More
From The News Service of Florida, via Orlando Weekly, 05/30/2016: With widespread algae blooms causing beaches to be closed in Martin County, Gov. Rick Scott […] Read More
From PolitiFact (and various sources), 01/05/2016: Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election promise to increase penalties for polluters fell short in 2015. Scott’s Department of Environmental Protection pointed […] Read More
By Miami Herald’s Carl Hiaasen, 11/21/2015: A Senate committee last week voted 7-1 to confirm Jon Steverson as Scott’s hand-picked choice to lead the shriveled […] Read More
From News Service of Florida’s Jim Turner, 9/15/2015: Gov. Rick Scott will not use executive authority to block the state’s first bear-hunting season in more […] Read More
From The Tampa Tribune‘s James L. Rosica, 08/16/2017: The Florida Constitution allows for a “revision commission” to meet every two decades to “examine the constitution, hold […] Read More
From WFSU’s Jim Ash, 05/10/2015: Facing a June 24 deadline, animal rights activists made a last-ditch effort Wednesday to convince Governor Rick Scott to halt […] Read More