Scott to hold Cabinet meeting, tour Panhandle on oil disaster anniversary
by Dara Kam | April 14th, 2011Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet will hold their next meeting in the Panhandle on Tuesday, the eve of the one-year anniversary since the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
Scott will spend two days touring the region to promote Northwest Florida’s beaches and seafood, his staff said today.
His trip coincides not only with the BP oil disaster anniversary but comes on the heels of an announcement earlier this week that the oil giant is giving $30 million to seven Panhandle counties for marketing as the area’s summer tourist season kicks up.
Scott has not yet decided whether to join in a federal lawsuit, as Alabama has done and Mississippi and Louisiana are considering, against Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig. The state has until Wednesday, the date set by a Louisiana federal judge, to join the lawsuit. Lawyers involved in the case say Florida could lose out on recapturing millions of dollars in lost tax revenues by not joining the case.
Stay tuned for more details about Scott’s Panhandle swing.
Tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon, Florida Cabinet, Florida Panhandle, Rick Scott
April 14th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Scott is the man! Scott can walk on oily water! Scott for President!
April 15th, 2011 at 4:49 am
Rick Scott has a mob associate in his leadership coalition. The man to get Florida back on track is Joe Ardolina of American Truck Sales. He’s a former vice president in the now defunct H&W Refuse Service whose president was Anthony Carione, fingered by law enforcement along with his brother Frank Carione, as then active figures in the underworld. Another brother, Joseph Carione, plead guilty to defrauding the government as a co-defendant in a case that involved Colombo crime boss Andrew Russo.