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Rick Scott’s Unusual Strategy to Win Enterprise FL Cash

December 17th, 2015 by Mike Vasilinda

Governor Rick Scott is running an unusually public campaign to get lawmakers to set asides a quarter billion dollars for economic development. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, the  Governor has gotten more than 100 local and state officials to endorse his plan.

When Rick Scott’s proposed tax cut was in trouble earlier this year, he took the unusual step of spending hundreds of thousands on TV to promote the tax cut. He got mostly what he wanted.

It’s a dream come true, and that’s your Florida” chimed Scott from the Let’s Get to Work spot.

Now he’s doing something out of the box to win a pile of cash for economic development.

“Florida should be the next state where all the corporate offices are moved to” says Scott.

Scott wants to revamp the funding for economic development by putting 250 million into a revolving fund. He says it will send a signal to companies looking to relocate.

“We can’t be subject every year not knowing how much money we’re going to have. We’ve got to fix that. We can’t be subject to whether the legislature holds a special committee meeting or not.

Scott has taken the unusual step of reaching out to local officials and asking them to endorse his plan.

More than a hundred have said yes.

Scott’s outgoing Economic Opportunity Director Jesse Panuccio believes the plan will create thousands of jobs.

“You want to be able to a fund tat is certain. that businesses can look at it and say you know what, Florida has made a three year commitment. They have enough money to come through their promises, and and on their offers and it’s just make us more competitive with these other states.”

Scott’s goal is to create a groundswell of visible support. But when it comes to a quarter billion dollars, lawmakers aren’t going roll over without something in return including a guarantee they have a say on where that cash goes.

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