Did Rick Scott Break the Law?

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The Senate budget chief, who is also a Republican, seems to think so.

Gov. Rick Scott is on a political crash course with the Florida Senate's powerful budget chief, J.D. Alexander, who wrote a letter Tuesday asking the governor to cite the "legal authority" for the way he sold two state planes.

Sen. J.D. Alexander said he believed the Feb. 11 transaction was unlawful because the governor failed to get the Legislature to sign off on the $3.67 million deal and kept some of the money from reaching the state treasury — a highly unusual transaction.

Alexander, who wrote a letter last week saying the deal wasn't legal, wrote his followup Tuesday so that Scott would tell him specifically who advised the governor. ...

Senate budget chief asks Gov. Rick Scott to justify his 'legal authority' to sell state planes - St. Petersburg Times