Florida elections supervisors can object all they want. The fact is, Gov. Rick Scott's survey and subsequent ranking of the state's 67 elections officials was an act of leadership. And a good one at that.
In a decision that adds fuel to the debate about expanded gambling, the Florida Supreme Court last week upheld a lower-court ruling that says lawmakers can allow slot machines at pari-mutuel facilities in various parts of the state.
Justices declined to take up a challenge to a 1st District Court of Appeal ruling that stems from a plan by Hialeah Park horse track in Miami-Dade County to add potentially lucrative slot machines.
But the lower-court ruling has ramifications outside South Florida, as it would allow lawmakers to authorize slot machines elsewhere.
Gov. Rick Scott and the courts took center stage this week, as the chief executive vetoed a controversial tuition bill while judges struck down a state-employee drug testing plan and approved Senate redistricting maps and a possible expansion of slot machines.
The actions came as Scott approved another flurry of bills, including measures dealing with youth athletes, disabled parking, recycled metals and water storage, as well as a slew of local bills affecting different parts of the state.
SCOTT VETOES TUITION CARTE BLANCHE:
Gov. Rick Scott told a Spanish-language station in South Florida on Friday he would sign the anti-Castro business bill that has been opposed by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, according to the Miami Herald.
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Last week, Barack Obama delivered speeches at universities in Chapel Hill, N.C., Iowa City, Iowa, and Boulder, Colo.
Bills that would keep high school athletes with concussions off the field until cleared by a doctor, and another that would allow high school athletes to transfer without missing a game, were both signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott on Friday.
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Expressing concerns about mounting student loan debt, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed House Bill 7129, which was crafted to give universities the power to seek higher tuition increases with the goal of building nationally-touted science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs.
WASHINGTON -- It was fun. It was odd. It was just a little bit ... unseemly.
