Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday, June 2,
signed the state Legislature's $77 billion bud-
get. And in the process, he axed $68.9 million
of line-item projects, eliminating money for
renovations at New College and a young
B r a d e n t o n c h a r t e r
school that serves
low-income families,
among other things,
while at the same time
preserving funding for
a new Sarasota County
Technical Institute facility in North Port and
$5 million for the for-profit IMG Academy.
Scott's veto total added up to much less
this year than in years past. In 2011, he
vetoed $615 million
f r o m t h e b u d g e t ,
b l a s t i n g " s p e c i a l
interests" for their
"shortsighted, friv -
o l o u s , w a s t e -
ful spending."
Gov. Rick Scott. Photo courtesy flgov.smugmug.com
SNIP, SNIP
PROJECTS AT NEW COLLEGE, BRADENTON CHARTER SCHOOL AMONG
THOSE ELIMINATED THIS WEEK BY GOV. RICK SCOTT
I could scream and yell, but I
must point people to the positive.
Darryl Rouson
Member
Florida House of Representatives
District 70
By David Staats
Contributing Writer
