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Old 02-07-2013, 10:18 AM
 
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It's so interesting to see how people want to cut things to save money. Floridians hire Scott who promised all these cuts and when he took a hatchet to the education budget his first year people got all upset. I don't see who people didn't expect him to make cuts to the education budget when he was saying it through his campaign ... Then the next year he's finding ways to increase the education budget because of all the flack he got the year prior.

I guess Scott learned in realty people don't want their program funding cut. Scott has also learned pretty quickly how government really works. If you want a long career, you can't hack the budget like people want you too and you need to make friends with the big voting blocks, i.e teachers. I hope Floridians don't forget what he did, and vote for the best person not a party.
Pretty much
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Old 02-07-2013, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Orlando Metro Area
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Don't hold your breath, Floridians in general aren't the brightest bulbs in the drawer.
That's funny, most of Florida's residents seem to be transplants who are primarily from up north, my family included, so perhaps you are speaking about New Yorkers in the same breath you bash "Floridians"??
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Old 02-07-2013, 10:40 AM
 
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I dont think he would even survive a primary challenger if someone steps up.
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Old 02-07-2013, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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At least he learned and saw what damage he did to the entire state. Hey, even children can learn through this kind of experiment but I won't be voting for him. He shouldn't be elected in the first place.
Haven't Florida's schools gone from some of the worst to some of the best recently?
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Old 02-07-2013, 11:11 AM
 
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That's funny, most of Florida's residents seem to be transplants who are primarily from up north, my family included, so perhaps you are speaking about New Yorkers in the same breath you bash "Floridians"??
Yes, that would be correct.....you know, the ones who move here to avoid paying taxes and have an overall aversion paying for services they use every day (such as toll roads for example) and simultaneously expect everything to be of the same quality they had "up north"....
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Old 02-07-2013, 11:13 AM
 
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Haven't Florida's schools gone from some of the worst to some of the best recently?
That was on Charlie Crist's watch that the changes occurred...anyone familiar with Rick Scott's policies for "improving public education" would know that he had had nothing to do with that.
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Old 02-07-2013, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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That was on Charlie Crist's watch that the changes occurred...anyone familiar with Rick Scott's policies for "improving public education" would know that he had had nothing to do with that.
I've read that before Crist took office in Tallahassee that Florida ranked 36th in education, ahead of Arkansas and behind Kentucky. Florida was 5th in 2011, and 11th in 2012, so you may have a point.

It's hard to believe that Scott's only been in office for 2 years, seems like it's been a lot longer..
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Old 02-07-2013, 11:44 AM
 
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It's so interesting to see how people want to cut things to save money. Floridians hire Scott who promised all these cuts and when he took a hatchet to the education budget his first year people got all upset. I don't see who people didn't expect him to make cuts to the education budget when he was saying it through his campaign ... Then the next year he's finding ways to increase the education budget because of all the flack he got the year prior.

I guess Scott learned in realty people don't want their program funding cut. Scott has also learned pretty quickly how government really works. If you want a long career, you can't hack the budget like people want you too and you need to make friends with the big voting blocks, i.e teachers. I hope Floridians don't forget what he did, and vote for the best person not a party.
Do you know his margine of victory? You make it like he won a landslide and really the majority of the people wanted a cut.

Over 50% of the people didn't vote for him. How about that?
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Old 02-07-2013, 02:09 PM
 
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Haven't Florida's schools gone from some of the worst to some of the best recently?
I don't think they were ever the "worst"

If you look at most metrics, we're somewhere in the middle to middle-high compared to other states.

Where we actually rank lower is teacher compensation. What that essentially means is that we are getting a good bang for our education buck and the teachers unions in the north that seem to think spending more $$$$$ on kids (aka teachers salaries and benefits) = better outcomes are finding out that really isn't the case.
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Old 02-07-2013, 08:49 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I don't think they were ever the "worst"

If you look at most metrics, we're somewhere in the middle to middle-high compared to other states.

Where we actually rank lower is teacher compensation. What that essentially means is that we are getting a good bang for our education buck and the teachers unions in the north that seem to think spending more $$$$$ on kids (aka teachers salaries and benefits) = better outcomes are finding out that really isn't the case.
I'd never say the worst, but at 36th of 50, it's not exactly good. Especially given the population.

The rankings are done based on test scores, not money spent per child.
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