Promise Posts – Page 43

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Pay teachers based on performance (merit pay)

New teachers will be paid based on student performance | March 24, 2011

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Will fight immigration amnesty

Scott opposed amnesty but supported in-state tuition | July 2, 2014

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Grow Florida’s economy by $74B in GDP, $41B in personal income, and $1B in tax revenues

Scott met promise to grow Florida’s economy | November 26, 2018

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Reduce property tax by another 1 mill over next 7 years

Required local effort’s rate barely budges in four years | July 21, 2014

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Reduce property tax (Required Local Effort) by 1 mill

School tax cuts proposed are less than half of what Rick Scott promised | February 9, 2011

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Include universities in state economic development grants

States getting some money, but not every time | August 11, 2014

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Invest in the Florida Innovation Fund

Scott made some progress toward business fund promise | December 21, 2018

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Put grant-writing and regulatory specialists in local economic development offices

Grant writers and regulatory specialists in local development offices? No sign of them | February 10, 2014

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Lower electricity costs for business

Data points to a drop for businesses but hard to quantify total dollars | June 5, 2013

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Bring state employee health insurance costs in line with the U.S. average

Legislature still refuses to raise worker contributions | August 18, 2014

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Lower workers’ compensation costs by 35 percent

Scott fails to lowers workers comp by promised amount | January 20, 2014

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Reform PSC for more energy production

Traditional power saw gains during Scott’s tenure | December 21, 2018

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Reform Medicaid with a federal waiver

Gov. Rick Scott kept his promise on Medicaid waivers | December 11, 2018

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More stringent standards on work requirements for welfare

Scott has failed to tighten work rules for welfare clients | December 11, 2013

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Use competitive bids on health care contracts in prisons

2011-12 budget includes language privatizing state prison health care services | June 1, 2011

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Use inmate labor to grow prison food

Edible crops program grew under Scott | August 14, 2014

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Pay competitive market-based salaries for corrections staff

Scott made headway on prison salaries promise | January 4, 2019

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Align state employee pension contributions with other states

Florida Supreme Court sides with Rick Scott in pension lawsuit | January 17, 2013

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No budget gimmicks, one-time revenues, borrowed funds, temporary funds or tax increases

Scott raided trust funds to help balance budget | January 5, 2012

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Refuse temporary federal funds that create permanent spending

Scott killed high-speed rail in 2011 | January 5, 2012

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Return Florida’s state and local spending to at least the 2004 level

If you account for inflation, he’s met the goal | May 31, 2013

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Propose biennial budgets and give the public time to participate

Scott drops two-year budget plan | January 5, 2012

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Institute Accountability Budgeting for each state agency

Legislature has shown no interest in accountability budgeting | May 20, 2013

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Create over 700,000 jobs

Gov. Rick Scott mostly fulfills promise to create 700,000 jobs in 7 years | April 10, 2018

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