Rick Scott is the two-term governor of Florida and the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. Here are seven stories from the campaign trail on Scott’s record on jobs and the environment, his blind trust and his relationship with President Donald Trump. MORE: Seven must-read stories on Bill Nelson. An abandoned storefront in Marianna [Steve Bousquet – Tampa Bay Times] A desperate place left far behind in Rick Scott’s economy Jackson County, an hour west of Tallahassee, is one of three dozen counties that had fewer jobs in 2017 than it had in 2007, before the Great Recession began and three years before Scott was elected on a promise to turn around the state economy. It’s a promise he has kept in some places and broken in others. In his State of the State address two years ago, Scott triumphantly told the Legislature he had “completely” turned around the economy. But it’s not true. Not only has Jackson not turned around, but things have worsened in the Scott years, according to the school superintendent, a prominent retired judge and the editor of a local newspaper. Read more. Revealed: Rick Scott’s financial link to botched SunPass contract Gov. Rick Scott has financial ties to… Read full this story
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