Rick Scott for Governor?

[copperfiend]

Sink is ahead by 17 points among independents in the latest polling.

[CS Foltz]

Sink is ahead by 17 points among independents in the latest polling.

The Independents will be the key on this .....methinks!

[buckethead]

Ladies and Gentlemen!

I give you...

your new Governor...

without further ado...

Ladies and Gentlemen....


RICK SCOTT!

[Cricket]

I have no doubt. America loves a scoundrel.

[uptowngirl]

Both are spewing bile, but I can say the bile being spewed on Sink is mostly complete BS. The references to "her company" (which was not HERS at all) being investigated is complete BS, yes there is/was an investigation of a company the company she works for purchased (CW). But the add is VERY misleading, like it was her decisions that caused the issue. I do not think there is anyone decent to vote for personally. I hate negative adds and wish they would just talk about what they can do not about how much the other candidates suck.

[Jumpinjack]

Read today's Jacksonville paper about comments against Scott from Nancy Argenziano who resigned from the PSC to speak her mind freely. She minces no words.

[urbanlibertarian]

Three words:

John Wayne Smith

[copperfiend]

Read today's Jacksonville paper about comments against Scott from Nancy Argenziano who resigned from the PSC to speak her mind freely. She minces no words.

It should be pointed out Nancy Argenziano is a registered republican also.

[Miss Fixit]

Uptown, I know Alex Sink personally and can assure you that her character is beyond reproach.  She has tremendous integrity, extensive business experience and fabulous ideas.

Please, Florida - prove to the rest of the country that we are not a state full of the kind of people who would elect someone like Rick Scott to be our governor!  We are better than that. 

[vicupstate]

Forgive me if this has been covered already, but what are Scott and Sink's stand on Mass Transit, including High-Speed Rail.   Which one seems to 'get it' on urban issues?   

[Jumpinjack]

Don't know about Sink but here's what Rick Scott said:


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/us/05rail.html

In Florida, Bettina Inclán, a spokeswoman for Mr. Scott, the Republican candidate, noted that the state already paid to operate a commuter rail system and added that “we cannot afford to be subsidizing the bullet train as well.” 

[reednavy]

Read today's Jacksonville paper about comments against Scott from Nancy Argenziano who resigned from the PSC to speak her mind freely. She minces no words.

I can't find the story, got a link?

[Jumpinjack]

Here's the story from the Tallahassee Democrat. I couldn't find it on the T-U website.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Argenziano quits Florida PSC to support Alex Sink for governor

Nancy Argenziano announced Tuesday she is resigning from the Florida Public Service Commission to support Democrat Alex Sink in her race against Republican Rick Scott for governor.

Argenziano -- who was elected as a Republican state senator -- told reporters she is resigning to speak out against what she considers to be a "catastrophe" facing the state if Scott is elected. State law prohibits commissioners from endorsing or supporting political candidates and causes, she said.

If Scott is elected, Argenziano said there would be no balance of power or check on the Republican-led Legislature. And she said Scott was scheming to raise electric rates on residential customers effectively by seeking to lower commercial rates and increase utilities' earnings.

"I do not know that I can effectively portray the immensity of the danger of a marriage between the clowns, cowboys and crooks of the current Republican-led state Legislature and Rick "the Fifth Amendment" Scott," she told reporters, reading from a prepared statement.

Argenziano was scheduled to leave office in January because she was passed over for re-appointment by the PSC Nominating Council in June. But she said her speaking out is not because of "sour grapes," rather she is angry at the corruption that she sees with the influence of utilities over the Legislature and the PSC.

Scott campaign spokesman Joe Kildea responded to Argenziano's endorsement by saying, "It's amazing that anyone would publicly support CFO Sink as reports are simultaneously emerging about her authorizing felons to work in the insurance field and access the sensitive and personal information of Floridians."

The Sink campaign issued a statement saying, "Alex Sink is proud to receive the endorsement of a proven consumer champion with a record of standing up for Floridians." Sink herself told reporters that the authorizing of people to work in insurance was required by state law.

Argenziano spoke to reporters for 45 minutes, firing criticism at, among others, the Republican Party of Florida, Senate President Jeff Atwater, incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, PSC Commissioner Lisa Edgar and Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton and chairman of the PSC Nominating Council.

A spokesman for the Republican Party of Florida had no immediate comment nor did a spokesman for Atwater. Haridopolos declined to comment through a spokesman in the Senate president's office.

Later Tuesday, Argenziano said she also was endorsing "for equally good reasons" Gov. Charlie Crist, running as an independent for U.S. Senate, along with Democrats Dan Gelber for attorney general and Loranne Ausley for state chief financial officer.

Argenziano pointed out that she was giving up three months of her $130,036 annual salary to speak out against Scott and the Legislature. She said she will return to her home in Citrus County but added that she has no employment plans.

A spokesman for Crist said the PSC Nominating Council would have to recommend a replacement for the remainder of Argenziano's term. Julie I. Brown, an associate legal counsel for the First American Corp., was named by Crist last month to fill Argenziano's seat in January when her term was set to expire.

(Story provided by the Florida Tribune. Story and photo copyrighted by Bruce Ritchie and FloridaEnvironments.com

[CS Foltz]

Thanks for the information Jumpinjack! Just one more nail in his coffin I am thinking...............could be wrong, been wrong before but on this one, I am calling it right.............Scott is not the one!

[cityimrov]

What do you think the chances of Rick Scott winning?

From what I've seen, all the people in the red counties are very motivated to go to the polls in droves - they will have a strong showing.  How about the moderates and blue counties, are they going to have a strong showing too?