Rick Scott Wins!

[thelakelander]

Results by County:

[Rob68]

Again our state and cou try has been royaly ducked by lazy democrates..thanks

[Steve]

The Amendment 2 maps that are out (including that one) is a little misleading. It just shows what counties voted over 50% for it, but passage required 60%. Very few counties (if any) got to that.

[CityLife]

Interesting (but not surprising) that only one coastal county in the state voted <50% for Amendment 2 and that is Collier, which probably has the most elderly in the state.

I personally cared more about Amendment 1 than everything else combined, so I'll take it.

[Ocklawaha]

SWEET!

Adm. 2, will return so I won't despair on that point.

Over-all, I couldn't be happier...

[funguy]

Thank God the election ads are over.. I almost got sick every time that goofy looking Scott's face with his popeye eyes came on... Lets hope he fades back into brothers Kock pocket..

[spuwho]

Why does everyone cry chicken little/humpty dumpty when their team loses?

The world will go on. Its a democracy with the needed checks and balances.

In 10 years it might swing the other way.

Such is life in our constitutional republic.

[coredumped]

Man, i just do not understand the cognitive dissonance in Florida Republicans that allowed them to energetically support this crook.  What really galls me is if a Democratic candidate had pled the 5th to stealing from the government, but was accused of abusing/defrauding food stamps or welfare instead, the GOP would have howled about it and that candidate would've stood no chance whatsoever.

Assuming you're a democrat, then you only have your party to blame. What were they thinking when they put up crist? (Also a criminal with millions of dollars in the bank). That was about as stupid as putting up Mitt Romney to be Obama, no chance of winning.
Both parties are in the gutter, and yet people keep voting for them - I don't understand it.

[thelakelander]

No reason to cry. These things tend to go in cycles. However, for those who are upset at the results, blame Miami-Dade. They only had 40% show up to vote. It's the state's  largest county by far. A better turnout there would have impacted many close races.

[For_F-L-O-R-I-D-A]

If the GOP wants to roll in Gubernatorial elections in the future, a candidate from Tampa/St. Pete/Lakeland/Orlando (like Putnam or Bondi) really swings votes in the area. The Putnam and Bondi maps are interesting compared to the Gubernatorial map. Scott almost pulled Hillsborough but Bondi and Putnam rolled in Central Florida. First Coast went hard to Scott, and Broward lead the way for the Dems.

I wonder if the Dems will recruit Ms. Graham after her big win to go for Governor or Senate soon since the Dems have no shining stars at this point.

[Ocklawaha]

And if that's not enough reason for you, you need to examine your values.

Man, i just do not understand the cognitive dissonance in Florida Republicans that allowed them to energetically support this crook.  What really galls me is if a Democratic candidate had pled the 5th to stealing from the government, but was accused of abusing/defrauding food stamps or welfare instead, the GOP would have howled about it and that candidate would've stood no chance whatsoever.

I had a client tell me 4 years ago, "..and good for him if he did defraud the federal government. It's too big and corrupt anyway."

My guess is because a crook that lowers corporate taxes is going to attract new industry to his state and that equates to jobs; whereas a crook that hikes taxes is going to chase them away. As for the second part, 'If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?' Likewise if a Republican hiccups ABC, CNN, PBS, CBS, and NBC  are all over it, spinning it into a 'gross show of disrespect' or some other hogwash, even FOX is on the fence on stuff like that meaning of course, the Democratic howl's are heard immediately loud and clear, and the Republican's maybe about 5 minutes... or less.

PAINT ME THRILLED!

[JeffreyS]

Yes and there still are a few voting rubes that buy the corporate giveaways are good for your state line. 

Your of course wrong about the media being harder on the GOP they are always hardest on the party of the President (no matter which it is) because that is where the interest is.

[Ocklawaha]

Rube or Deluded Jeffery? Which are you? You are telling me that businesses don't look at the bottom line before deciding on a new location... Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

Tell you what, I'll invest $100K and you can open up a business in:

ONE OF THESE:

The 10 best states in this year's Index are:
1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Nevada
4. Alaska
5. Florida
6. Montana
7. New Hampshire
8. Indiana
9. Utah
10. Texas

The absence of a major tax is a common factor among many of the top ten states. Property taxes and unemployment insurance taxes are levied in every state, but there are several states that do without one or more of the major taxes: the corporate tax, the individual income tax, or the sales tax. Wyoming, Nevada, and South Dakota have no corporate or individual income tax; Alaska has no individual income or state-level sales tax; Florida has no individual income tax; and New Hampshire and Montana have no sales tax.

But this does not mean that a state cannot rank in the top ten while still levying all the major taxes. Indiana and Utah, for example, have all the major tax types, but levy them with low rates on broad bases.

Or one of these:

The 10 lowest ranked, or worst, states in this year's Index are:
41. Iowa
42. Connecticut
43. Wisconsin
44. Ohio
45. Rhode Island
46. Vermont
47. Minnesota
48. California
49. New York
50. New Jersey

I know first hand of several major companies that are looking at Florida and possibly Jacksonville, but not one of them would be here if we ranked with that bottom group.
Read more: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/business/10-states-in-america-with-the-worst-tax-environments.html/?a=viewall#ixzz3IEUQTNRW

[JeffreyS]

Read my comment I I said Believe corporate giveaways were " good for your state" not that the corporations aren't willing to put your giveaways in their pocket.

But as usually happens the corporations that took advantage of them were mostly already in the state and didn't do any additional hiring because of the policy they just got a lower tax rate.

It's the exact same situation as 7-Eleven here in Jax they were coming anyway but they were perfectly happy to take giveaways to come.

[CityLife]

The 10 most tax friendly and 10 least tax friendly next to their 2012 GDP Rank

The 10 best states in this year's Index are (average GDP Rank 31.5):
1. Wyoming-49
2. South Dakota-46
3. Nevada-32
4. Alaska-44
5. Florida-4
6. Montana-48
7. New Hampshire-40
8. Indiana-17
9. Utah-33
10. Texas-2

The 10 lowest ranked, or worst, states in this year's Index are (average GDP rank 19.5):
41. Iowa-30
42. Connecticut-24
43. Wisconsin-21
44. Ohio-7
45. Rhode Island-45
46. Vermont-50
47. Minnesota-6
48. California-1
49. New York-3
50. New Jersey-8

Obviously a couple outliers there, but it's not surprising that places with smaller economies have to be more tax friendly to open up economic development and relocations.