Back when he first ran for governor as a self-styled outsider, Rick Scott lambasted his opponent in the Republican primary for taking campaign money from U.S. Sugar, one of the worst corporate polluters of the Everglades. Scott indignantly squeaked that Bill McCollum had been bought and paid for by U.S. Sugar. He said the company’s support of McCollum was disgusting. “I can’t be bought, Scott declared. Seriously, that’s what the man said. Stop gagging and read on. Four years later, the governor’s re-election campaign is hungrily raking in money from U.S. Sugar, more than $534,000 so far. Exactly when Scott overcame his disgust isn’t clear, but in February 2013 he and undisclosed others jetted to the King Ranch in Texas for a hog- and deer-hunting junket on U.S. Sugar’s 30,000-acre lease. Apparently this has become a secret tribal rite for some top Florida Republicans. Exposed last week by reporters Craig Pittman and Michael Van Sickler of the Tampa Bay Times, the politicians ran like jackrabbits for the hills. Carl Hiaasen
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:49:17 +0000
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