Gov. Rick Scott needs to go. In his first few months of office he has single-handedly killed the best opportunity this state had for economic development and job growth, further destroyed our education system, attempted to balance the state's budget on the backs of our middle class and much more. Or should I say so much less? He is the most corrupt American politician since Boss Tweed and is twice as creepy looking. Like Tammany Hall, he needs to be eliminated. The high-speed rail would have brought about 24,000 jobs to our state, one of the hardest hit states by the recession. It also would have marked an economic and technological step forward. Scott opposed and effectively slaughtered the rail for pure petty politics.
Scott ran for governor under one promise: jobs. Yet he destroyed the first and best opportunity he had to keep that promise. He let down the 2,619,335 people who agreed with his vision and voted for him in November. The liberals in this state and those who supported the rail shouldn't be the most upset citizens right now. The unemployed voters who gave Scott a percentage-point victory over Alex Sink should be. Furthermore, he has balanced Florida's troubled budget on the backs of the middle class and the people who put him in office. Cutting teacher's pensions and putting the education of our posterity at risk is not a Republican thing to do. Florida is now the most frugal state when it comes to helping the unemployed.
As a state, we shouldn't mope over Scott's past injuries upon our livelihoods, our children and our democracy. It is time we join State Rep. Rick Kriseman's efforts to pass a bill in the Florida legislature that would allow us to recall state officials. As of now, the only way to get rid of Scott is through impeachment. If his abuses continue, we should not forget about that option.This man is a million dollars more corrupt than Bernie Madoff and would probably lose a re-election to him. Why suffer until 2014? Let's eliminate the dark storm over the Sunshine State now!
