Prominent Republicans say Scott killed CFO proposal to help political ally
Source: Politico
By MATT DIXON
11/29/2017 09:30 PM EST
TALLAHASSEE — Political pressure from Gov. Rick Scott helped kill a proposal to expand the state chief financial officer's oversight role in the billion-dollar state contracting game, say the plan’s sponsor and a former state Senate president.
The governor’s office categorically denies the allegations.
Text messages from staff and commission members, though, at the very least underscore a host of oddities leading up to the showdown over the proposal.
“Politics was heavy in the air,” said former Senate President Don Gaetz, referring to Tuesday's meeting of the Constitution Revision Commission’s Executive Committee.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2017/11/29/prominent-republicans-say-scott-killed-cfo-proposal-to-help-political-ally-128068
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