Fact Check Posts – Page 18

Drug Free America
stated on August 20, 2014 in a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial meeting:

Under a proposed medical marijuana amendment in Florida, "you don't get refills -- you get it forever."

By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 in a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist:

Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."

By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 12, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says Charlie "Crist made it easier for Duke to take your money."

By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 7, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water."

By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014

Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on August 5, 2014 in on their website:

"25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. involve marijuana."

By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."

By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 29, 2014 in a campaign email:

"Women in Florida make 83 cents for every dollar a man makes."

By Joshua Gillin • July 30, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 16, 2014 in a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board interview:

Says Rick Scott’s per-pupil education spending is "about $200 less" than what it was under Charlie Crist during the recession.

By Joshua Gillin • July 18, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says Charlie Crist "voted against raising the minimum wage."

By Joshua Gillin • July 17, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says Charlie Crist "raised taxes on the middle class" by $2.2 billion.

By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 7, 2014 in campaign commercial:

"We cut property taxes for seniors and our middle class."

By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014

No Tax For Tracks
stated on April 9, 2014 in a website post:

"Light rail does not reduce congestion."

By Joshua Gillin • July 3, 2014

Progressive Choice Florida
stated on June 23, 2014 in a radio ad:

Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • June 27, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

"Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.

By Joshua Gillin • June 26, 2014

Bill Nelson
stated on June 13, 2014 in his campaign website:

"Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."

By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."

By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014

Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 in the group's website:

"Less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or AIDS."

By Joshua Gillin • May 29, 2014

Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 in the group's website:

A proposed amendment "allows a teenager to get a recommendation for medical marijuana without the consent of a parent."

By Joshua Gillin • May 22, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 in a campaign tweet:

"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"

By Joshua Gillin • May 21, 2014

Matt Caldwell
stated on April 30, 2014 in a Florida House discussion of SB 392:

There is no "incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities."

By Joshua Gillin • May 12, 2014

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