Scott Getting Around To Finding Lt. Governor

July 10, 2013

With the 2013 legislative session and the bill-signing period now complete, Gov. Rick Scott is getting around to finding an occupant for the lieutenant governor’s office, which has been vacant nearly four months.

Scott said Monday he recently directed his chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, to establish criteria to select a person who will also likely end up as a running mate in 2014.

“We’re starting the process now that we’re done with the session, the budget, the bills,” Scott said. “We’ll take the right amount of time, because we want to get the right person that will do a great job with this.”

The post has been vacant since Jennifer Carroll resigned in March amid a scandal about the Internet café industry.

Florida law says “there shall be a lieutenant governor,” but it’s not specific about how long the position may remain vacant. Scott has to have a running mate when he qualifies for re-election in June 2014. Scott said that while people, including former legislators, may have offered advice on replacing Carroll, the search will be conducted “internally” by the governor’s office.

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5 Responses to “Scott Getting Around To Finding Lt. Governor”

  1. jesse on July 13th, 2013 9:20 am

    I am certain that Rick Scott will stay true to form and choose a Lt. that is as corrupt as he is. I certainly hope that there is a decent Democrat that opposes this guy. Tallahassee needs someone that will serve our interest instead of their and their cronies pocketbooks.

  2. daniel imperato on July 11th, 2013 7:54 am

    DANIEL IMPERATO FOR LT. VERY QUALIFIED.

  3. Robert S. on July 10th, 2013 7:38 pm

    Hey why not W.D. ?
    After all the block around the Civic Center / aka BAY Center — notice how much it has improved with the “re-branding” — is still named “W.D Childers Plaza”.

    Maybe Valentino could name himself to the job then have two salaries and go to Panama and France to bring in all these jobs for our county citizens…
    Hey, Geno, “Where’s the beef?”

  4. Jack Johnson on July 10th, 2013 2:52 pm

    Gene valentino begged scott for the job. Not gonna happen

  5. 429SCJ on July 10th, 2013 8:34 am

    Gov Scott I would like to present Mr George Touart.

    Don’t worry, Gov Scott appears fit as a fiddle and I doubt that he takes vacations.
    Besides.

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