Rick Scott's police state

[Ravi]

Yesterday, our Toad in Chief vetoed all kinds of programs that were popular: vets programs, whooping cough vaccines for the poor, etc....not unexpected but I thought this was very telling. I'm pretty sure these people are seniors that were strong armed out of a public place (The Villages is a Senior Community, I believe)

Members of The Villages Democratic Club were barred from the budget signing by Scott staffers who said the outdoor event in The Villages town square was “private.” Other staffers and Republican operatives scoured the crowd and had Sumter County sheriff’s deputies remove those with anti-Scott signs or liberal-looking pins and buttons. They escorted more than a dozen people off the property.

Rick Scott vetoes record $615m from budget - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

 

[rightwinger]

I'm really glad to see that

The Florida voters got what they asked for.....just like when they gave us George Bush

 

[Ravi]

I doubt any of the rightwingloons will be shocked at his behavior. He's pretty much becoming Mr. Big Government.

Thankfully the Republicans are also pissed off at him.

The guy is really a toad, there's just no sugarcoating it.

 

[Dot Com]

Repubs claim that gov't doesn't work & prove it every time they're elected.

 

[elvis]

police state? I felt pretty free in Key West over the last week.

 

[bripat9643]

I doubt any of the rightwingloons will be shocked at his behavior. He's pretty much becoming Mr. Big Government.

Thankfully the Republicans are also pissed off at him.

The guy is really a toad, there's just no sugarcoating it.

You're whining that he vetoed all manner of new spending, but you're calling him "Mr. big government?"

What is your idea of "small government," the Soviet Union?

 

[bripat9643]

police state? I felt pretty free in Key West over the last week.

According to lib nitwits, if you cut government spending, then you're for big government.

 

[Ravi]

police state? I felt pretty free in Key West over the last week.

That is not hard to do. Key West is a world of its own.

 

[Ravi]

I'm just listening to a robocall from Governor Toad.

He's telling me he is awesome and how cutting funding for schools helps schools.

Jebus.

 

[beowolfe]

Yesterday, our Toad in Chief vetoed all kinds of programs that were popular: vets programs, whooping cough vaccines for the poor, etc....not unexpected but I thought this was very telling. I'm pretty sure these people are seniors that were strong armed out of a public place (The Villages is a Senior Community, I believe)

Members of The Villages Democratic Club were barred from the budget signing by Scott staffers who said the outdoor event in The Villages town square was “private.” Other staffers and Republican operatives scoured the crowd and had Sumter County sheriff’s deputies remove those with anti-Scott signs or liberal-looking pins and buttons. They escorted more than a dozen people off the property.

Rick Scott vetoes record $615m from budget - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

Looks like he's taking a page from Dubya's playbook. Only represent one side.

 

[bripat9643]

Looks like he's taking a page from Dubya's playbook. Only represent one side.

Yeah, not like those Democrats who always present the Republican side of the issue.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

He vetoed a spending bill and that is equivalent to concentration camps?

You want to rethink that?

 

[Ravi]

He vetoed a spending bill and that is equivalent to concentration camps?

You want to rethink that?

What the heck are you babbling about?

 

[Claudette]

I live down here in Florida.

After reading the story I don't have a problem with anything he cut.

Hope he cuts some more.

 

[M.D. Rawlings]

Yesterday, our Toad in Chief vetoed all kinds of programs that were popular" . . .

including "[t]he biggest target of the veto pen: $305 million targeted for environmental land buys. Scott also cut $169 million in college projects and vetoed scores of hometown spending lawmakers earmarked for their districts."


So now less government and government spending is the stuff of a police state, eh? That strikes me as being a pretty strange idea. Gee, a real police state must be really small, virtually non-existent, given the direction he's going.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Yesterday, our Toad in Chief vetoed all kinds of programs that were popular: vets programs, whooping cough vaccines for the poor, etc....not unexpected but I thought this was very telling. I'm pretty sure these people are seniors that were strong armed out of a public place (The Villages is a Senior Community, I believe)

Members of The Villages Democratic Club were barred from the budget signing by Scott staffers who said the outdoor event in The Villages town square was “private.” Other staffers and Republican operatives scoured the crowd and had Sumter County sheriff’s deputies remove those with anti-Scott signs or liberal-looking pins and buttons. They escorted more than a dozen people off the property.

Rick Scott vetoes record $615m from budget - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

His people removing people from the signing was wrong.

That said, what is your evidence of a police state? The fact that he cut government spending?

 

[snjmom]

Members of The Villages Democratic Club were barred from the budget signing by Scott staffers who said the outdoor event in The Villages town square was “private.”

Since when is government work "private"?

 

[Ravi]

Yesterday, our Toad in Chief vetoed all kinds of programs that were popular" . . .

including "[t]he biggest target of the veto pen: $305 million targeted for environmental land buys. Scott also cut $169 million in college projects and vetoed scores of hometown spending lawmakers earmarked for their districts."


So now less government and government spending is the stuff of a police state, eh? That strikes me as being a pretty strange idea. Gee, a real police state must be really small, virtually non-existent, given the direction he's going.

Did you read the OP?

If so, I'm guessing that you are stupid.

 

[Ravi]

Members of The Villages Democratic Club were barred from the budget signing by Scott staffers who said the outdoor event in The Villages town square was “private.”

Since when is government work "private"?

Since Rick Scott took office.

 

[Toro]

Yesterday, our Toad in Chief vetoed all kinds of programs that were popular: vets programs, whooping cough vaccines for the poor, etc....not unexpected but I thought this was very telling. I'm pretty sure these people are seniors that were strong armed out of a public place (The Villages is a Senior Community, I believe)

Members of The Villages Democratic Club were barred from the budget signing by Scott staffers who said the outdoor event in The Villages town square was “private.” Other staffers and Republican operatives scoured the crowd and had Sumter County sheriff’s deputies remove those with anti-Scott signs or liberal-looking pins and buttons. They escorted more than a dozen people off the property.

Rick Scott vetoes record $615m from budget - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

Yeah, unfortunately this is what Scott has been doing.

He is giving the very public impression that he is the governor of the Florida Tea Party, not Florida.