Rick Scott, image via WikipediaEmail • Twitter • Facebook • LinkedIn • YouTubeBy Aaron Sharockman
Times Staff Writer
Friday, May 27, 2011
THE VILLAGES — Each detail of Florida Gov. Rick Scott's first budget signing was painstakingly considered.
From the location — a conservative retirement community in Central Florida — to the mini-red "veto" Sharpie pens Scott handed out as keepsakes.
From the music that would announce Scott's arrival to the stage, to, it turns out, who could be there.
At the urging of Scott officials, Sumter County sheriff's deputies escorted a group of more than a dozen Democrats — mainly retirees who live in The Villages — from Thursday's event at the town square.
The reason?
The $69 billion state budget signing ceremony was a "private event."
Staffers and Republican operatives searched the crowd of about 200 looking for people holding anti-Scott signs. They were noted and asked to leave. Those with pro-Scott signs were allowed to stay.
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