Recall that Gov. Rick Scott ran more against President Obama than Alex Sink two years ago. Scott channeled the Tea Party when it came to the high-profile refusal of federal dollars, most notably high-speed rail and Medicaid. He personalized “Obamacare” and routinely uses it as a political cudgel. He has teed off the White House with his blatant, voter-suppression antics.
He wants government out of our lives except when he doesn’t. Case in point: He appealed FEMA’s decision to reject Florida’s request for some $30 million in disaster relief for 10 Tropical Storm Isaac-impacted counties. Scott’s appeal was also rejected. Something about Florida not quite meeting the relief criteria and having the resources to pay for damages on its own. Another interpretation: “What goes around, comes around.”
Scott deserves such a response, but Florida doesn’t.