IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:Fla.’s Rick Scott Invested in Firm With Ties to
Illegal Aliens By Jim MeyersNewsMaxJune 24, 2010 Florida
gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is invested heavily in a company
that helps illegal aliens transfer money out of the country.
The revelation is the latest unseemly news about Republican Scott, who
has portrayed himself as a political outsider who intends to clean up
government.
In a staggering multimillion dollar-ad campaign, Scott has made illegal
immigration a centerpiece of his platform, claiming that state Attorney
General Bill McCollum is not strong enough on the issue.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, McCollum for Governor Campaign
Communications Director Kristy Campbell said: “In just the latest case
of hypocrisy, it was revealed today that Rick Scott has heavily
invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer
money to family and friends out of the country.
“Rick Scott says he wants to crack down on illegal immigration, but now
we find out he has been profiting from illegal immigrants. While it’s
clear we can’t trust anything Rick Scott or his commercials say, one
thing is certain: Rick Scott is a fraud whose public image repair team
won’t be able to buy the support of Florida voters.”
Scott has come under fire for his financial dealings when he was CEO of
healthcare company Columbia/HCA in the 1990s. The FBI launched a
multi-state probe that led to the firm’s pleading guilty to criminal
charges of overbilling the government.
“It was and still is the biggest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history
and ended with the hospital giant Columbia/HCA paying a record $1.7
billion in fines, penalties and damages,” the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel newspaper disclosed in May.
Interestingly, Scott has not denied the accusation or his involvement
in the matter, with his TV ads stating he accepts “responsibility for
what happened on my watch” at Columbia/HCA.
On the immigration issue, Scott has strongly endorsed the Arizona law
designed to crack down on illegal immigration, and he has run an ad
depicting McCollum as an opponent of a similar law in Florida.
Although McCollum did not support the law initially, he changed his
views after the law was amended to reduce the likelihood of racial
profiling.
“I support Arizona’s law as amended, and if the federal government
fails to secure our borders and solve the problem of illegal
immigration, I would support a similar law for Florida,” McCollum said
on May 13.
“Arizona leaders recently made needed changes that address concerns I
had that the law could be abused and misused to perform racially
profiled stops and arrests.”
The chairman of the Florida House panel on crime, Republican William
Snyder, who backs an Arizona-style law for Florida, says he is
endorsing McCollum for the GOP nomination for governor.
McCollum’s statement Tuesday calls attention to an article in the
Orlando Sentinel disclosing that “Scott’s investment company was one of
a handful of equity investors that lent $12.5 million in 2004 and 2005
to Emida Technologies.
“Emida provides electronic pre-paid services ranging from phone cards
to money transfers, and focuses on Central and South American markets.
According to its website, the company also partnered with another
[company] called IPP, which primarily focused on helping Hispanic
migrant workers in Arizona transfer money and pay bills back in Mexico.”
The article notes a Banco de Mexico study in 2005 showing that 83
percent of the remittances into Mexico were from illegal immigrants,
the vast majority coming from the United States.
The Sentinel also revealed in another article that Scott, along with a
San Antonio-based immigration reform business group called Mexicans and
Americans Trading Together Inc., or MATT, invested $7 million in a West
Palm Beach, Fla.-based Hispanic social media company called Quepasa in
2008.
MATT has taken a firm stance against the Arizona immigration law and
supports a pathway to legalization for more than 12 million illegal
aliens in the United States.
Scott campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said Scott “had absolutely
nothing to do with MATT.”
The campaign also hit back at McCollum after his Tuesday statement,
“dredging up McCollum’s lengthy list of former lobbying clients, which
includes the financial firm Citigroup, AmeriDream Charity Inc., and the
Mortgage Bankers Association, all of which, the Scott camp alleges,
‘enabled mortgages for illegal immigrants,’” according to the Sentinel.
But the PolitiFact.com’s Truth-O-Meter site reported: “There are no
specific examples we could find or Scott could provide that McCollum's
three clients did so when he was their lobbyist. We rate this claim
False.”
McCollum also said in the Tuesday statement: “While Rick Scott pours
millions of his own dollars — money made from ripping off taxpayers —
into public image repair commercials, it is becoming clearer every day
that his rhetoric doesn’t match his record.
“Rick Scott says he wants to hold government accountable just like he
did in business. Except, under his watch, his company orchestrated the
biggest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. He says he’s
pro-life, but now we find out he profited from abortions and owns a
pharmacy chain in California that sells the morning-after pill.”
The race is continuing to heat up, with another eight weeks until the
Aug. 24 primary.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
THIS WILL TAKE LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS TO READ. IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE PASS IT ON
Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn't pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform. Do we have an elite group of lawmakers that are above the law? I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.
Have each person contact a minimum of Twenty people on their Address list, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
You are one of my 20.IDA
RICK SCOTT SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS PAST SERVICES AND NOT HIS FUTURE PROMISES.
GET THE FACTS ON RICK SCOTT.
GET THE FACTS ON BILL MCCOLLUM.
MAKE THE RIGHT VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Have each person contact a minimum of Twenty people on their Address list, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
You are one of my 20.IDA
RICK SCOTT SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS PAST SERVICES AND NOT HIS FUTURE PROMISES.
GET THE FACTS ON RICK SCOTT.
GET THE FACTS ON BILL MCCOLLUM.
MAKE THE RIGHT VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
BILL PALMER ALSO WANTS TO POST
BILL McCOLLUM WILL NOT FAIL US AS FLORIDA’S NEXT GOVERNOR - VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
PRESIDENT OBAMA PLAGUED WITH FRUSTRATION POSTED BY STEPHEN PALMER
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS TO SEE OBAMA.
cajunconservatism.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/plug-the-damn-hole-2/
STEPHEN PALMER, CIVIL ENGINEER POSTED TODAY
BILL McCOLLUM WILL NOT FAIL US AS FLORIDA’S NEXT GOVERNOR - VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
NEW POST BY DR. ANDRES BODEWIG
Obama dies and finds himself before the Pearly Gates.
He is very excited; all his life he's had a secret wish & longed to meet
the Prophet Mohammed.
Having arrived at the Gates of Heaven, Barack meets a man with a beard.
'Are you Mohammed?' he asks.
'No, my son. I am Peter. Mohammed is higher up.' Peter then points to a
ladder that rises into the clouds.
Delighted that Mohammed should be higher than Peter, Obama climbs the
ladder in great strides, climbs through the clouds coming to a room where
he meets another bearded man.
He asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?
'No, I am Moses. Mohammed is higher still.'
Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy he climbs the ladder yet again, he
discovers an even larger room where he meets another man with a beard.
Full of hope, he asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?
'No, I am Jesus... You will find Mohammed higher up.'
Mohammed higher than Jesus! Man! Obama can hardly contain his delight
and climbs and climbs, ever higher. Once again, he reaches a larger room
where he meets a man with a beard and repeats his question:
'Are you Mohammed?...' he gasps as he is, by now, totally out of breath from
all his climbing.
'No, my son.... I am Almighty God. But you look exhausted. Would you like
a cup of coffee..?'
'Yes! please, my Lord'
God looks behind him, claps his hands and yells out: 'Hey Mohammed-- two coffees!'
Keep your trust in God; Your government has failed you miserably.
BILL McCOLLUM WILL NOT FAIL US AS FLORIDA'S NEXT GOVERNOR. VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
MORE REASONS FOR NOT VOTING FOR RICK SCOTT
HERE ARE MORE REASONS FOR NOT Voting FOR RICK SCOTT...
Here’s your Saturday edition of the Rick Scott Fraud Files. From what we are hearing on the ground at today’s events on the campaign trail, Rick Scott shockingly didn't address reports that his company gave illegal kickbacks to doctors for patient referrals. That’s unfortunate because Florida voters certainly deserve some answers.
The latest report from the Rick Scott Fraud Files comes courtesy of the Miami Herald and the Department of Justice:
While Rick Scott served as CEO of Columbia/HCA, Dr. James Thompson, as part of a federal court "whistle blower" lawsuit, accused Columbia/HCA of paying doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals. He received part of a $225.5 million settlement by HCA to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients.
Key Quotes:
“Columbia-HCA Healthcare Corp., the nation's biggest hospital chain, paid doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals, a doctor's lawsuit charges. “ (Miami Herald 11/11/95)
“$225.5 million to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients. In 2001, Columbia Management Companies, Inc., pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks and other monetary benefits to doctors in violation of the Medicare Anti kickback Statute and paid a $30 million criminal fine. Dr. James Thompson, a doctor who filed suit against the company in 1995, will receive $41.5 million as his statutory share of the settlement. Gary King, a former HCA employee, will receive $5 million and Ann Mroz, a former HCA nurse, will receive a share of $837,500.” (Department of Justice announcement of settlement)
Here’s your Saturday edition of the Rick Scott Fraud Files. From what we are hearing on the ground at today’s events on the campaign trail, Rick Scott shockingly didn't address reports that his company gave illegal kickbacks to doctors for patient referrals. That’s unfortunate because Florida voters certainly deserve some answers.
The latest report from the Rick Scott Fraud Files comes courtesy of the Miami Herald and the Department of Justice:
While Rick Scott served as CEO of Columbia/HCA, Dr. James Thompson, as part of a federal court "whistle blower" lawsuit, accused Columbia/HCA of paying doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals. He received part of a $225.5 million settlement by HCA to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients.
Key Quotes:
“Columbia-HCA Healthcare Corp., the nation's biggest hospital chain, paid doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals, a doctor's lawsuit charges. “ (Miami Herald 11/11/95)
“$225.5 million to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients. In 2001, Columbia Management Companies, Inc., pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks and other monetary benefits to doctors in violation of the Medicare Anti kickback Statute and paid a $30 million criminal fine. Dr. James Thompson, a doctor who filed suit against the company in 1995, will receive $41.5 million as his statutory share of the settlement. Gary King, a former HCA employee, will receive $5 million and Ann Mroz, a former HCA nurse, will receive a share of $837,500.” (Department of Justice announcement of settlement)
GEORGE M. SUAREZ, M.D. COMMENTED
Dear Friends and colleagues,
Please read the facts about Rick Scott and his aspiration to be the next governor of Florida: In The recent article appeared in the Jacksonville Florida times-Union, (Digging into the details of Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA, Mark Wood's column that ran in Friday's paper: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2010-06-04/digging-details-rick-Scott-
I would like to express my personal opinions on the upcoming Florida Gubernatorial race. As a practicing physician for over 20 years and a lifelong citizen of Florida, I would like to voice my opinions to my friends, colleagues, and the editors of our newspaper and to the media in general in hope that my comments will expose the truth to the citizens of Florida before they go to the polls.
Who is Rick Scott, and what has been his public service record to qualify him as Governor of Florida? We know about his “self serving record “as CEO of Columbia/HCA. We know what they (HCA) did and their involvement in the largest medical fraud scheme in United States history. Mr. Scott claims that he will hold the government accountable for every dollar it spends..." That's what I've done in business,' his television ads say. "That what I'll do as governor."
What can Floridians really expect from Rick Scott as governor? Does a Zebra change its stripes or a Leopard its spots? If there is a place for Mr. Scott in Tallahassee, it should be in jail, along with his cronies at HCA. But Mr. Scott and HCA was able to buy their way out of jail time by paying 1.7 billion fines. Under the leadership of Rick Scott as CEO of HCA, they did the most despicable of all things in health care fraud. In quoting, the article above:" They used false diagnosis codes for patient records, inflating the government reimbursements. Paid illegal kickbacks to physicians. Creatively billed the government for everything from Kentucky Derby tickets to country club dues. Double-billed Medicare at nine south Florida hospitals." Does Rick Scott really think he can get Floridians to believe him and vote for him as the next governor of Florida? In Florida alone HCA, under his watch, “milked" the state and it's tax payers by double billing at 9 hospitals, and we should vote for him???
In his defense he states, as quoted: "Mistakes were made. He didn't’ know this was happening on his watch, but he takes responsibility for it. He has learned from it. He wants your vote." Someone please tell me this is a joke. Does he really think Floridians believe this?
In my opinion, if Mr. Scott, really wants to do something for our State, why not be a good citizen and donate any part of the millions of dollars that were bonuses to him when he left HCA and moved to Florida. I assume this kind of bonus was not for the guilt pf illegal fraud. He must have done something right to merit worth being rewarded so much money? Like maybe a huge profit from stealing from others and making HCA shareholders a profit?
If Mr. Scott really wants to do something for Florida, he may want to donate some of his HCA bonus money for a worthy cause. I hear that there is a real need to protect and clean up our shores from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.His donations may even give you a sense of "personal cleansing and feel good."
Rick Scott wants our vote, our trust and our forgiveness for having been at the helm of the largest medical fraud scandal in the history of our country,,, and all the repercussions it cost Americans beyond the 9 hospitals in Florida that were a part the historical national health care fraud... As I am sure BP wants our forgiveness, confidence and support to continue drilling off the shores of the most pristine beaches in our country. President Richard Nixon also regretted Watergate and asked Americans for forgiveness.
Personally. I do believe in forgiveness, when it is genuine, sincere and paid its debt. Rick Scott has failed to do any of these. We cannot trust people that have shown no demonstrable honesty, accountability or moral integrity. Why should Floridians trust Rick Scott?
What can Floridians expect from Rick Scott if elected governor? I pose the following question: "how many times will a man fool you, steal, and lie and commit fraud?" Answer: “As many times as he can get away with it.” Ask Madoff...remember that story?
Mr. Scott, has done enough damage during his tenure as CEO of HCA. How can he expect Floridians to vote for him based on his claim: "That's what I've done in business, and that's what I'll do as governor?" Where is the integrity of his leadership in business?
I understand that Mr. Scott has shown little interest and has spent no money in courting the Hispanic vote. Except for a less than 5 minute stop at Versailles restaurant in Miami for a cup of Cuban coffee. To which he admitted it as the first time he had a Cuban coffee. Someone should inform Mr. Scott about the influence of the Hispanic vote in Florida. To not recognize this, or ignore it altogether makes me wonder about his qualifications to serve all Floridians? Miami- Dade county alone is more than 60% Hispanic. They. along with all Hispanics across Florida deserve to know who he is?
To all voters across Florida, I urge them to look at the facts before going to the polls and registering your vote for Florida's next governor. We have the two very important races in the Gubernatorial and Senate race that will influence the political climate at a national level. I am tired of politicians that claim to be something that they are not, and that have no public service experience or accountability for their careers. Bill McCollum has for more than three decades served our nation and our state. He has served in the United States Navy and the Navy reserve. He has served 20 years in the United States Congress, and most recently as Florida’s Attorney General.
Bill McCollum’s record in the legal pursuit of justice as a Navy Jag (Justice Advocate General’s Corps), and his priorities as Attorney-general in consumer protection, combating Medicaid fraud ( contrary to the very essence of Rick Scott’s past), his efforts in improving security against terrorist threats in Florida, fighting crime and identifying theft are his platform for his campaign. These are the issues that separate Bill McCollum from Rick Scott. McCollum’s greatest imminent concern on the issues also are related to the oil spill in the Gulf and how it relates to Florida’s water quality, along with National Health care issues are further commitments that come from a man with a long history as a public servant. Bill McCollum is a man that has never been challenged for wrong doing, fraud or lies. He has never been anything other than honest and forthright, He has never had to make up excuses for anything that may have gone wrong on his watch during greater than 30 years of being a public servant.
Floridians need to get the facts before they go to the voting polls.
PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS. FLORIDA NEEDS BILL MCCOLLUM AS OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
Please read the facts about Rick Scott and his aspiration to be the next governor of Florida: In The recent article appeared in the Jacksonville Florida times-Union, (Digging into the details of Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA, Mark Wood's column that ran in Friday's paper: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2010-06-04/digging-details-rick-Scott-
I would like to express my personal opinions on the upcoming Florida Gubernatorial race. As a practicing physician for over 20 years and a lifelong citizen of Florida, I would like to voice my opinions to my friends, colleagues, and the editors of our newspaper and to the media in general in hope that my comments will expose the truth to the citizens of Florida before they go to the polls.
Who is Rick Scott, and what has been his public service record to qualify him as Governor of Florida? We know about his “self serving record “as CEO of Columbia/HCA. We know what they (HCA) did and their involvement in the largest medical fraud scheme in United States history. Mr. Scott claims that he will hold the government accountable for every dollar it spends..." That's what I've done in business,' his television ads say. "That what I'll do as governor."
What can Floridians really expect from Rick Scott as governor? Does a Zebra change its stripes or a Leopard its spots? If there is a place for Mr. Scott in Tallahassee, it should be in jail, along with his cronies at HCA. But Mr. Scott and HCA was able to buy their way out of jail time by paying 1.7 billion fines. Under the leadership of Rick Scott as CEO of HCA, they did the most despicable of all things in health care fraud. In quoting, the article above:" They used false diagnosis codes for patient records, inflating the government reimbursements. Paid illegal kickbacks to physicians. Creatively billed the government for everything from Kentucky Derby tickets to country club dues. Double-billed Medicare at nine south Florida hospitals." Does Rick Scott really think he can get Floridians to believe him and vote for him as the next governor of Florida? In Florida alone HCA, under his watch, “milked" the state and it's tax payers by double billing at 9 hospitals, and we should vote for him???
In his defense he states, as quoted: "Mistakes were made. He didn't’ know this was happening on his watch, but he takes responsibility for it. He has learned from it. He wants your vote." Someone please tell me this is a joke. Does he really think Floridians believe this?
In my opinion, if Mr. Scott, really wants to do something for our State, why not be a good citizen and donate any part of the millions of dollars that were bonuses to him when he left HCA and moved to Florida. I assume this kind of bonus was not for the guilt pf illegal fraud. He must have done something right to merit worth being rewarded so much money? Like maybe a huge profit from stealing from others and making HCA shareholders a profit?
If Mr. Scott really wants to do something for Florida, he may want to donate some of his HCA bonus money for a worthy cause. I hear that there is a real need to protect and clean up our shores from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.His donations may even give you a sense of "personal cleansing and feel good."
Rick Scott wants our vote, our trust and our forgiveness for having been at the helm of the largest medical fraud scandal in the history of our country,,, and all the repercussions it cost Americans beyond the 9 hospitals in Florida that were a part the historical national health care fraud... As I am sure BP wants our forgiveness, confidence and support to continue drilling off the shores of the most pristine beaches in our country. President Richard Nixon also regretted Watergate and asked Americans for forgiveness.
Personally. I do believe in forgiveness, when it is genuine, sincere and paid its debt. Rick Scott has failed to do any of these. We cannot trust people that have shown no demonstrable honesty, accountability or moral integrity. Why should Floridians trust Rick Scott?
What can Floridians expect from Rick Scott if elected governor? I pose the following question: "how many times will a man fool you, steal, and lie and commit fraud?" Answer: “As many times as he can get away with it.” Ask Madoff...remember that story?
Mr. Scott, has done enough damage during his tenure as CEO of HCA. How can he expect Floridians to vote for him based on his claim: "That's what I've done in business, and that's what I'll do as governor?" Where is the integrity of his leadership in business?
I understand that Mr. Scott has shown little interest and has spent no money in courting the Hispanic vote. Except for a less than 5 minute stop at Versailles restaurant in Miami for a cup of Cuban coffee. To which he admitted it as the first time he had a Cuban coffee. Someone should inform Mr. Scott about the influence of the Hispanic vote in Florida. To not recognize this, or ignore it altogether makes me wonder about his qualifications to serve all Floridians? Miami- Dade county alone is more than 60% Hispanic. They. along with all Hispanics across Florida deserve to know who he is?
To all voters across Florida, I urge them to look at the facts before going to the polls and registering your vote for Florida's next governor. We have the two very important races in the Gubernatorial and Senate race that will influence the political climate at a national level. I am tired of politicians that claim to be something that they are not, and that have no public service experience or accountability for their careers. Bill McCollum has for more than three decades served our nation and our state. He has served in the United States Navy and the Navy reserve. He has served 20 years in the United States Congress, and most recently as Florida’s Attorney General.
Bill McCollum’s record in the legal pursuit of justice as a Navy Jag (Justice Advocate General’s Corps), and his priorities as Attorney-general in consumer protection, combating Medicaid fraud ( contrary to the very essence of Rick Scott’s past), his efforts in improving security against terrorist threats in Florida, fighting crime and identifying theft are his platform for his campaign. These are the issues that separate Bill McCollum from Rick Scott. McCollum’s greatest imminent concern on the issues also are related to the oil spill in the Gulf and how it relates to Florida’s water quality, along with National Health care issues are further commitments that come from a man with a long history as a public servant. Bill McCollum is a man that has never been challenged for wrong doing, fraud or lies. He has never been anything other than honest and forthright, He has never had to make up excuses for anything that may have gone wrong on his watch during greater than 30 years of being a public servant.
Floridians need to get the facts before they go to the voting polls.
PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS. FLORIDA NEEDS BILL MCCOLLUM AS OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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