
Gov. Rick Scott backs off details of his 700,000 jobs plan Updated: Friday, January 6th, 2012 | By Becky Bowers More Floridians are working since Rick Scott, the self-anointed "jobs governor," took office a year ago. And yet, today, PolitiFact Florida rates Scott's central campaign promise of 700,000 new jobs Stalled. Why? The promise Scott made as an outsider businessman isn't the one he's keeping from his desk in the state Capitol. PolitiFact Florida is tracking 57 of Scott's campaign promises, and one year in, we find Scott has had more successes than failures. But in the case of the jobs promise, he has much more work to do.Progress report A year in, Scott has kept a third of the campaign promises we track on ...
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