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Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on June 15, 2010 a press release
Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 26, 2010 an interview on FOX.
"On the pace that we're on with job creation in the last four months ... we will have created more jobs in this year than in the entire Bush Presidency."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 18, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on June 10, 2010 a speech
"The minute this proposal for near-beach oil drilling came up, I was against it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 3, 2010 a CBS4 interview
"If you read the Arizona (immigration) law, what it says is if you are stopped for violating the law and they have a suspicion that you're illegal, they can ask you if you're legal."
Half-True
June 17, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter
The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 16, 2010
James Carville
James Carville
stated on June 8, 2010 a fundraising letter
Alex Sink was "the first official who said that BP should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote Florida tourism."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 16, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on June 9, 2010 a TV ad
Of hospitals in Rick Scott’s Columbia/HCA health care company, "A top executive said they even turned away a poor man and left him to die outside their door."
Mostly False
June 15, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley.
"BP is setting up claims offices throughout the state."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 11, 2010 a campaign press release
"Gov. Crist's veto also clears the way for taxpayer funding of abortion in Florida."
False
June 14, 2010
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2010 a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum has "recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud."
True
By Laura Figueroa • June 14, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
"Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 11, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on June 10, 2010 a statement from his campaign
Rick Scott's former health care company, Columbia/HCA, committed "fraud."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 10, 2010
Bud Chiles
Bud Chiles
stated on June 3, 2010 announcing his campaign for governor.
"Almost 1 million children ... have no health insurance in this state."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 9, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 4, 2010 a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.
"There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 8, 2010
Dan Fanelli
Dan Fanelli
stated on June 3, 2010 a video on his campaign website
Under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have "passed the age limit for treatment."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2010
David Caton
David Caton
stated on November 5, 2009 a mass e-mail
If voters agree in November to approve a one-cent sales tax increase, that will give "Hillsborough County the highest sales tax of all Florida counties."
True
By Bill Varian • June 7, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 30, 2010 a TV ad
"Two-thirds of the top-rated hospitals in Florida were our hospitals."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 4, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 2, 2010 comments on his campaign website
Charlie Crist "bizarrely vetoed" $9.7 million for a teaching hospital at the University of Florida "despite having previously argued the budget request had merit."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 4, 2010
Scott Maddox
Scott Maddox
stated on May 25, 2010 email to supporters
After the oil spill, Congressman Adam Putnam "doubled down saying all energy sources, including oil drilling in the Gulf, should be considered just days after the oil spill started."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2010
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