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Victorious Rick Scott Returns to Capitol

November 12th, 2014 by Mike Vasilinda

A victorious Rick Scott was back in the state Capitol for the first time since being reelected last week. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, he is already starting to reorganize his office.

Rick Scott was all smiles as he greeted well wishers and staff before the beginning of a Cabinet meeting.The meeting had its own light moments. Scott was un-plussed when a rescue dog heard nature’s call.

“He comes with a free tennis ball? Scott asked.

And as he was introducing people, Scott stumbled on a name.

Thomas Gaggliani. Gagglano? Scott asked.

But you could hear the smile in his voice.

Afterwards we asked about his post election mood.

“Is having the election behind you and your reelection a big weight off your should? How does it feel?”

Again, the answer was in his smile….True to character, he stuck to his talking points.

“It’s happened, We’ve added all these jobs; 651 thousand jobs. We have 268,000 job openings.”

And it’s clear that Jobs will not be the only focus of a second term. In Rick Scott’s first term, the number of students taking advantage of private school scholarships increased by more than a third. Look for the trend to continue.

“I think parents out to be able to choose, and students should participate in the choosing which school they go to. I think school choice is important” says Scott.

And Scott says it won’t be just private schools that see more money.

“I want to make sure we have the highest per pupil funding. We’ll be abel to get that done. Our economy is growing. Jobs are moving here.”

Scott is also expected to shake up his leadership team, appointing a new chief of staff, and reappointing some agency heads while showing others the door.

On Thursday, Florida will execute the 21st inmate under Scott’s watch. 21 ties the number of executions under one Governor in modern times, but Scott hit the number in his first term, while it took Jeb Bush two full terms. He called it his most solemn duty.

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