If Gov. Rick Scott is somehow in position to endorse a Republican presidential candidate in 2016, it surely won’t be Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor. Ideology, a possible favorite-son scenario and President Obama-related political optics would be issues, to be sure.
But there’s also Scott’s recruiting–or “poaching”–efforts to lure business relocations. It includes Christie’s turf.
Bristol-Myers Squibb just laid off 200 New Jersey workers who will become Hillsborough County hires as B-MS prepares to open a marketing, technology and finance operation here early next year. Previously Hertz had announced that it was moving its headquarters from the Garden State to Lee County.