Stealth political group readies $1.5M wave of TV spots for Scott
by Michael C. Bender | June 24th, 2010The political committee set up to help Republican Rick Scott avoid state spending caps in his gubernatorial race will air $1.5 million in television ads starting Friday, The Palm Beach Post has learned.
Nearly $1 million will be spent in the Tampa and Orlando markets, with another $165,000 in West Palm Beach.
Scott’s own campaign already has spent $16.1 million on television alone, which means he’s approaching the $29.4 million cap under state law. If Scott exceeds the cap, his opponents, like fellow Republican Bill McCollum, will get a dollar-for-dollar match from Florida taxpayers. Scott told reporters last week that the “Let’s Get to Work” political committee was being set up to help him avoid the spending cap.
McCollum, who has spent $1.9 million on television, has a pair of so-called 527 groups supporting him. Alliance for America has invested $1.9 million in TV spots and the Florida First Initiative has spent another $1.9 million.
Meanwhile, Scott’s out-of-nowhere, self-funded campaign is ruffling some feathers in state GOP circles. First was this ambush at the state party meetings last week.
Now, a pair of McCollum supporters — Washington County Republican Chairwoman Jennifer Bau and Gulf County Republican state committeeman Allen Cox — are circulating a letter complaining that Scott’s campaign staff “verbally and physically assaulted” Bau and another Republican during a recent meeting in her Panhandle county.
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June 24th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
So what you are saying is it cost more money to tell the voters the truth over and over so it sinks in! Seasoned politicians like McCollum and cronies just keep recycling each other and endorsing each other over and over in order to maintain the organized politican culture of corruption. In the past it has worked over and over, not so anymore! The voters have been mooned way too many times.
June 24th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
My take:
http://www.bloggybayou.com/2010/06/bloggy-bayou-update-on-scottmccollum.html
There isn’t anything “Stealth” about it
Cheers
June 25th, 2010 at 8:20 am
I have been involved in and watching polly ticks since George Wallace ran for president. Never in my life have I ever seen either party circling the wagons and preparing for the fight like we have this year. The old bones have come out of the closet to endorse their old corrupt cronie McCollum. The ones that really got me the most was Dick Morris on McCollum and John Walsh on Crist. Where do these people stay all year, in a cacoon? I feel sure the feds are working as hard as they can to bring to justice this RPOF culture of corruption (ongoing criminal enterprize)
and without a doubt they will be successful. Unfortunately due to the volume of deals and dollars involved these result may very well come after the elections. It is refreshing to see successful outsiders willing to take the massive heat and spend their own money to go up against these organized criminals. Even if they don’t win they have continued the education of the voters regarding the career criminal politicians who have controled our decisions and dollars for generations.
June 28th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Hello, this is John Galt speaking.
It is sad to see a man who is incapable of running a lemonade stand be propped up in an election by the taxpayer. Scott is a self made man, a CEO who was successful, therefore he is demonized by the state controlled media.