Florida Politics

All Of Florida's past governors, and our current Governor Rick Scott is from South Florida. South Florida makes up the bulk of Florida's population (along with the Tampa Bay Area and Metro Orlando) so that's who voted him in. Because South Florida voted for Rick Scott, of course he's going to do more for them because they voted him in. Tallahassee decided to go with Charlie Crist, and he lost by 70,000 votes. Because Tallahassee doesn't like Rick Scott, you can bet that he's going to continue NOT doing anything for Tallahassee. The bulk of the jobs created are going where? Central & South Florida. The irony of what I said is that Tallahassee is Florida's capital, yet Tallahassee gets the short end of the stick economically. Maybe if Tallahassee supported Rick Scott, he would probably do more for Tallahassee, but as long as some people continually vote against Rick Scott, Rick Scott will continue doing more for Central & South Florida. I follow Florida politics and notice a trend: During Rick Scott's campaign trail, most of his stops have been in Central and South Florida. 

Tallahassee is lucky, if ever, to see him campaign here. In short, Tallahassee is like that kid who gets picked last to be on the team. If I'm Florida's Governor, and Tallahassee didn't help me get elected, why would I make moves to benefit Tallahassee? That doesn't make sense. The Governor is supposed to make moves that benefit the entire state, not just the portions that helped him get into office. At the same time, if a certain group helped you get into office, wouldn't common sense say that you cater to them moreso than others? Throughout this election season, Rick Scott has campaigned in Central and South Florida because that's where he knows his support is coming from. Yes, Tallahassee is Florida's capital and you'd think with us being the seat of state government, Tallahassee would get first dibs on economic development & prosperity, but that's not the truth. If anything, Tallahassee gets the leftovers. We're the last to see any sort of economic development because again, many Tallahassee folks didn't help Rick Scott get elected.