Apparently no one from metrojax covered this....
QuoteST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott was at the World Golf Village this morning speaking at the Florida 2011 Rural Summit.
Scott reiterated to the crowd at the economic development event the same themes on which he ran for office: reducing the size of government and making Florida a better place for businesses.
"We all believe that government has enough tax dollars, if they would spend it better," he said.
Florida's Statewide Rural Economic Development Summit focuses on the economic development in rural Florida.
Scott said he wants to make Florida the nation's premier place to live, work and play, and that to do so, the state needs to foster a friendlier business climate by reducing taxes, fees and regulation.
He also said he believes state employees, like employees at many private companies, need to contribute to their retirement plans by paying into their pensions.
Regarding his recent decision to turn down more than $2 billion from the federal government for a high-speed rail between Orlando and Tampa, Scott said it wasn't as simple as turning down free money.
He said the risks associated with the project, plus any costs beyond the federal government's contribution, would have to be covered by Florida taxpayers and that those risks do not outweigh the benefits.
Gov. Scott is a liar and a thief...down with Scott...
QuoteGov. Scott is a liar and a thief...down with Scott...
Consistency is your pasttime for sure.
I wish I knew about this, I would of told him he needs to work on getting rural Florida better internet connectivity. Dial-up and satellite ain't gonna cut it. I am sure businesses and homeowners would be better off with it.
Quote from: Garden guy on February 18, 2011, 05:02:42 PM
Gov. Scott is a liar and a thief...down with Scott...
Of course he is ... so what else is new? Made no difference to the voters. Florida loves a scoundrel. ;D
If you make the state all about low taxes and regulation you will attract companies with their hand out for tax breaks who are doing things that make them want to avoid regulation. If you make the state about QOL, community and well educated employees you will attract companies looking to be a part of those things. Certainly you can not have massive taxes or regulation that overly burden the business culture in the state. However would even the most conservative among us claim that Florida is a heavily regulated or taxed state?
Quote from: Garden guy on February 18, 2011, 05:02:42 PM
Gov. Scott is a liar and a thief...down with Scott...
It would be refreshing if you would address the issues in these threads rather then another unintelligible rant of jejune, infantile, temper tantrums. There are many of us that share some of your same beliefs, but their is a dark turbidity in your constant puerile behavior, it is becoming a bore.
Please strive for a subjective evaluation of pellucid quality and simplicity for the benefit of the peasantry. Something a bit more cerebral with a modicum of Intellectualness and lucid format would avoid the indicant ambages of concentric pretension and caustic superiority in your recent fulminations.OCKLAWAHA
Quote from: Ocklawaha on February 18, 2011, 09:01:53 PM
Quote from: Garden guy on February 18, 2011, 05:02:42 PM
Gov. Scott is a liar and a thief...down with Scott...
It would be refreshing if you would address the issues in these threads rather then another unintelligible rant of jejune, infantile, temper tantrums. There are many of us that share some of your same beliefs, but their is a dark turbidity in your constant puerile behavior, it is becoming a bore.
Please strive for a subjective evaluation of pellucid quality and simplicity for the benefit of the peasantry. Something a bit more cerebral with a modicum of Intellectualness and lucid format would avoid the indicant ambages of concentric pretension and caustic superiority in your recent fulminations.
OCKLAWAHA
Your so sweet...
Quote from: Ocklawaha on February 18, 2011, 09:01:53 PM
It would be refreshing if you would address the issues in these threads rather then another unintelligible rant of jejune, infantile, temper tantrums. There are many of us that share some of your same beliefs, but their is a dark turbidity in your constant puerile behavior, it is becoming a bore.
Please strive for a subjective evaluation of pellucid quality and simplicity for the benefit of the peasantry. Something a bit more cerebral with a modicum of Intellectualness and lucid format would avoid the indicant ambages of concentric pretension and caustic superiority in your recent fulminations.
OCKLAWAHA
Peculator of pedantic periphrasis... ;D
From the Times Union, 2/19/2011:
Scott: Cut Florida's taxes, fees, regulations -- and jobs will followQuoteGov. Rick Scott got to work Friday in St. Augustine promoting his proposed budget and plans to bring jobs to Florida by slashing business taxes, property taxes and state regulations on developers, manufacturers and other businesses.
He's taking a campaign-like approach to promoting his policies and government-reduction plans, selling the bulk of the efforts as creating jobs by making Florida more attractive to budget-minded corporations.
While Florida is competing with other states to attract companies and jobs, the state has hobbled itself in the eyes of many of the businesses that ultimately take those expansion or relocation plans to states where they will pay less, Scott said.
That means just having great weather and beaches isn't enough, he said.
"We can't have high business taxes. We can't have fee after fee after fee. We can't have a process where people say, ‘I can do business in Texas or Florida; I like both those states, but you know in Texas, I can get something done in a week. In Florida, it might take me three or four years,'" he said.
Scott spoke at a gathering of officials and business executives from several North Florida counties at the Florida Rural Economic Development Summit at World Golf Village. He told the group his efforts to reduce government size and involvement in Florida business will help usher jobs in rural counties.
He bemoaned the fact that currently an investor can buy Florida land and not know if it will get approval for development or not. That and other anti-regulatory remarks were aimed squarely at the Department of Community Affairs, the state agency that has governed growth management through local comprehensive plans since the mid-1980s. Taking on the voice of a local Florida business or government representative, Scott said the state shouldn't be involved in local development issues, such as where developments can go, how big or dense they can be, and how much they can strain local roads and other infrastructure without developer contributions to pay for those impacts.
"‘Why do people in Tallahassee think they know more about my community than I know? Why do you think they should be telling us how we should develop our communities? What we're doing is we're changing that."
The budget Scott recently submitted eliminated DCA, merging it with the state's Department of Environmental Protection.
One of the first things Scott did when he took office last month was to freeze new regulations. He said he was shocked to discover that 900 were at some stage of review in various agencies.
"We're not adding regulation that kills jobs," he said.
Scott said the time has come for the state to abandon standards, such as the growth, development and environmental standards that are defined in its regulations, because it can no longer afford to have them.
"We were a high-growth state. Being a high-growth state, we could do a lot of things that made it more difficult to do business in our state. We don't have that luxury anymore," he said.
Another impediment to business in Florida is its permitting processes, he said. Noting that permitting is easier in other states, he said people running for state offices commonly hear complaints about the number of permits and the amount of time it takes to get them.
Scott said his two main focus areas are jobs and education. But when he spoke about education, it was clear that doesn't mean increasing education funding. The budget he submitted earlier this month includes a 15 percent cut in public education, from $22.5 billion to $19.1 billion. His focus on education means measuring public school teacher performance through standardized test results.
"We need to make sure we have the best teachers," he said. "So how do you have the best teachers who do their jobs? You pay them best. The only way you can do that, is you get a measuring system. You can't pay somebody more than somebody else if you have no idea who's better."
Another focus of Scott's administration, he said, is slashing state spending and shrinking state government.
"If you like the state to raise your taxes, if you like us to spend more money, you will hate this budget," he said.
Scott said he's been calling companies around the country personally, trying to convince them to relocate to Florida. He said he tells them of the Florida he envisions â€" one with less regulations, taxes and business permitting, a smaller government and lawsuit reform.
But in the end, he said, whether companies and jobs come to Florida's rural areas is up to the efforts of local officials.
"I'm going to do a lot, but it's the attitude of people in local communities, saying, ‘We want those companies here,'" he said. "Every community in the state has an opportunity to grow."
So cut taxes where taxes are low and cut regulations where any large company that wants to can bypass the few regulations we have and it will be a jobs explosion. Mr. Scott for Florida's sake please go away.
Florida is already a low tax state...and the 5th freindliest to business....and that has helped us how?
Quoteand the 5th freindliest to business
Aparently even at 5, if that is correct, we are losing out too much to the other 4.
and who are the other 4 mtrain?