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Scott Vetoes $615,000,000

May 26th, 2011 by Mike Vasilinda

Governor Rick Scott today set a record when he vetoed 615 million dollars in spending from this years 69 billion dollar budget. While a record, the total is less than one percent of the spending plan. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, Scott is asking the money be given to schools.

Governor Rick Scott flew to a Tea Party rally in the Villages in to announce a record 615 million in vetoes from the state budget. Gone are tens of millions in construction for state universities. Cut too was a 4 hundred thousand dollar study of gambling and another 400 thousand dollar study for the courts. Scott is asking all of the money be given to schools to offset cuts. “Hiring a few more quality teachers here in Sumpter County should take priority over spending five hundred thousand taxpayer dollars on a new barn for race horses” Scott said to a cheering crowd.

Scott would give few details of the budget before leaving the Capitol. “So this budget is a jobs budget. My vetoes are tied to my belief about how we get our state back to work” Scott told reporters before boarding his private jet.

But others question whether this is really a jobs bill. Scott allowed a 150 million dollar raid on the transportation trust fund. Doug Calloway of the Florida Transportation Builders says that move could cost the state as many as 84 hundred jobs. “These are user fees that are intended for transportation, and in our view should be used for transportation”. says Calloway.

Even if lawmakers do indeed agree to restore the take the 615 million in vetoed money to schools, that will only offset about half the cuts made to education this year. The 155 items vetoed make up just 8 tenths of a percent of the total budget. Supers:

An initial release from House Speaker Dean Cannon criticizes the Governor for not discussing education funding with lawmakers during the legislative session. The release suggests the vetoed money will go into the states rainy day fund, not schools, and that there will be no attempt to override the vetoes.

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