Florida Gov. Rick Scott has fired off a letter objecting to the Obama administrations rejection of disaster relief for the Sunshine State from Hurricane Isaac and upped the states request by adding additional expenses to the cost of the storm.

Scott also directed the state Department of Emergency Management to formally appeal the denial.

As another member of the retired space shuttle fleet has been ferried forever out of Cape Canaveral, a group of congressmen, including U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, wants to make changes to how the space agency is run.

The effort is aimed at reducing turnover in leadership and removing politics as projects are moved from start to finish.

Gov. Rick Scott is standing by his number on jobs created since taking office as he expressed hope that job growth trends would not return to a downward slide when the latest unemployment numbers arrive on Friday.

Scott, who campaigned on a promise of creating 700,000 jobs in seven years and maintains that outlook, repeatedly pointed on Tuesday to the figure of 130,000 private jobs having so far been created in Florida since January 2011.