As we know all too well, Gov. Rick Scott, after checking in with the Cato Institute and Reason Foundation, took one for Team Tea Party last year–and there went high-speed rail in Florida. All that remains is a shovel-ready corridor and a “taxpayer-left-on-the-hook” mantra.
But Scott has other high-profile, high-cost opportunities to further reinforce ideological, fiscal restraint. One was SunRail, and we know how ideologically compromised that turned out. Next up: the Heartland Parkway and Florida Polytechnic. A Scott trifecta?