Florida Asks For Federal Help With Toxic Algae
 

"Environmental groups say the long-term solution is to restore the region's natural flow — and send water from Lake Okeechobee south through lands farmed by some of the nation's largest sugar producers.
Florida signed a deal to buy some of those sugar lands eight years ago, but Gov. Scott has not followed through. In 2014, voters approved an amendment that set aside money to acquire the land.
"The state is not taking the leadership and saying the citizens have spoke," says Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society, an environmental education and research center in Stuart. He thinks Gov. Scott needs to do more.
"We need to uphold their interests and do the right thing — and that is, buy the land and send the water south."
While officials, environmentalists, and business interests point fingers over who's to blame, they all agree that with warm weather and continued releases of water from Lake Okeechobee, the bloom of toxic algae in the St. Lucie Estuary is likely to persist for the foreseeable future."

The repubs want states rights and government to stay out of their business until they can't handle a disaster and need government money. Scott is one, now he is groveling for aid. Typical

If you had provided a link, we could read the whole article. As it is, I do not see anywhere in the little you provided that backs up your statement that Scott is asking for government assistance.