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Originally Posted by Tbugs (Post 360453)

Once again, I just have to say, if you were not there to see what went on firsthand and just rely on the secondhand postings and/or the column of Lauren Ritchie - you did not get the truth.

This was blown out of proportion completely by a hater (Ritchie) of The Villages and the developer.

Scott had all kinds of media there. There were rows of reporters and cameramen from all over Florida. They filmed and reported what they saw. They had been invited by the Scott organization. Ritchie had nothing to do with those reporters or cameramen or how they reported the story. And yes I was there.

when I saw the title "Alternate Reality" I thought it was going to be a discussion about string theory!

Readers chime in

Readers chime in on governor's 'private' budget-signing ceremony in The Villages
Lauren Ritchie COMMENTARY

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Gov. Rick Scott acknowledged late last week that his staff erred when they demanded that Sumter County deputy sheriffs throw protesters out of an event featuring the governor signing the state budget. SNIP

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...0,23072.column

This is an interesting link which describes how members of the Florida House are asking the Attorney General to investigate the removal of the Villagers that were protesting on May 26. http://www.dailycommercial.com/local.../061411removed

They state that removal of the Villagers from the event appeared to be soley or primarily because of their political views, which is an infringement of their rights as taxpaying Florida citizens.

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Originally Posted by Taj44 (Post 363259)

More great use of taxpayers dollars,and you wonder why we are broke.

And look at the dollars Rick Scott was wasting when he had the Charter School kids bussed in and back the 60 miles to attend the budget signing and cheer on budget cuts to school funding they obviously didn't even understand. Talk about political manipulation. As it turns out, the kids were from the P.M. Wells and Four Corners charter schools in Osceola County. Both are run by Charter Schools USA, a large charter management firm whose CEO, Jonathan Hage, served on Gov. Scott’s education transition team when Scott took office in January. Scott is a big fan of charter schools and routinely pulls them in for photo opps. Of course charter schools get milliions in state funding each year, so essentially there were taxpayer dollars being spent.

All around, Scott's faux pas is costing us. He did have sense enough to admit the mistake, and that it wouldn't happen again. I can't figure out why he didn't go all the way and apologize though. It's lilke he really wasn't sorry its just that he got caught.

Political Gatherings

All I can say is the next gathering of a political nature at one of"our"squares ought to be a doozy.I wouldn't miss it for the world :)