For a guy who had no qualms about buying the gubernatorial election, including shelling out $70 million of his own money the first time, you’d think Rick Scott would have written the $700,000 check to settle those public records lawsuits. After all, these are not suits generically suing the state. These are suits that specifically alleged that Scott and staff members violated state law by creating email accounts to shield their communications from state public records laws–and then withheld the documents.
But, no, the taxpayers are “on the hook” for this one.