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	<title>Comments on: Scott, State Workers End Fight Over Drug Tests</title>
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		<title>By: FaithinUS</title>
		<link>http://www.northescambia.com/2015/04/scott-state-workers-end-fight-over-drug-tests/comment-page-1#comment-297034</link>
		<dc:creator>FaithinUS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Guv Scott was merely being the capitalist pig that he is/was/will always be, trying to drum up business for his [wife&#039;s] business investments-- in drug testing labs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guv Scott was merely being the capitalist pig that he is/was/will always be, trying to drum up business for his [wife's] business investments&#8211; in drug testing labs.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@debugger

Not that I&#039;m supporting this political nightmare, but you mentioned something that is just not true, and that is &quot;making it harder to vote&quot;.  Exactly how?

When I was growing up, you had ONE DAY to vote.  You either dragged your butt out of the house and voted, or you simply did not vote.  You could not use an absentee ballot unless you were out of state!!  Now, we have early voting, regular voting, and you can even vote absentee while still in your own home!  So how the heck did he make it HARDER to vote?

Hate to say it, but that the democratic drivel I&#039;ve been hearing for the last couple of years because their party members seem to be too lazy to go out and vote.  They want us to roll the polling booths up to their door!</description>
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<p>Not that I&#8217;m supporting this political nightmare, but you mentioned something that is just not true, and that is &#8220;making it harder to vote&#8221;.  Exactly how?</p>
<p>When I was growing up, you had ONE DAY to vote.  You either dragged your butt out of the house and voted, or you simply did not vote.  You could not use an absentee ballot unless you were out of state!!  Now, we have early voting, regular voting, and you can even vote absentee while still in your own home!  So how the heck did he make it HARDER to vote?</p>
<p>Hate to say it, but that the democratic drivel I&#8217;ve been hearing for the last couple of years because their party members seem to be too lazy to go out and vote.  They want us to roll the polling booths up to their door!</p>
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		<title>By: 429SCJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>429SCJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A 675K$ ego.

I did not vote for that joker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 675K$ ego.</p>
<p>I did not vote for that joker.</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis HE Wiggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis HE Wiggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, almost $1M that we shouldn&#039;t have spent on a losing battle.  But I stand by what several people have said.  If I can be subjected to random tests for drugs on my PRIVATE job - the source of the money for both the State workers&#039; jobs and the free money received through the TANF program - why shouldn&#039;t they be subjected to it?  Privacy is privacy REGARDLESS of whom is breaching it.

I&#039;d rather see a governor spend a million dollars in an attempt to level the playing field (that is, no exemptions from what is needed anyway) than give away another million to people who abuse the system and/or show up to work high as a Georgia pine and risk the safety of those around them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, almost $1M that we shouldn&#8217;t have spent on a losing battle.  But I stand by what several people have said.  If I can be subjected to random tests for drugs on my PRIVATE job &#8211; the source of the money for both the State workers&#8217; jobs and the free money received through the TANF program &#8211; why shouldn&#8217;t they be subjected to it?  Privacy is privacy REGARDLESS of whom is breaching it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d rather see a governor spend a million dollars in an attempt to level the playing field (that is, no exemptions from what is needed anyway) than give away another million to people who abuse the system and/or show up to work high as a Georgia pine and risk the safety of those around them.</p>
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		<title>By: molino</title>
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		<dc:creator>molino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems like ACLU is the one to blame. We should have a drug free Florida work force.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems like ACLU is the one to blame. We should have a drug free Florida work force.</p>
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		<title>By: chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who elected him?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who elected him?</p>
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		<title>By: deBugger</title>
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		<dc:creator>deBugger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s &quot;Li&#039;l Ricky Scott&quot;, ladies and gentlemen~

&quot;In Scott&#039;s Florida, it is harder for citizens to vote and for the jobless to collect unemployment. It is easier for renters to be evicted and for borrowers to be charged high interest rates on short-term loans. It is harder for patients to win claims against doctors who hurt them and for consumers to get fair treatment from car dealers who deceive them. It is easier for businesses to avoid paying taxes, building roads and repairing environmental damage.&quot;
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http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/the-tin-man-if-the-governor-only-had-a-heart/2167877

Worst.
Governor.
Ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s &#8220;Li&#8217;l Ricky Scott&#8221;, ladies and gentlemen~</p>
<p>&#8220;In Scott&#8217;s Florida, it is harder for citizens to vote and for the jobless to collect unemployment. It is easier for renters to be evicted and for borrowers to be charged high interest rates on short-term loans. It is harder for patients to win claims against doctors who hurt them and for consumers to get fair treatment from car dealers who deceive them. It is easier for businesses to avoid paying taxes, building roads and repairing environmental damage.&#8221;<br />
&#8212;&#8212;<br />
<a href="http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/the-tin-man-if-the-governor-only-had-a-heart/2167877" rel="nofollow">http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/the-tin-man-if-the-governor-only-had-a-heart/2167877</a></p>
<p>Worst.<br />
Governor.<br />
Ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Gman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wonder if the Governors job is on the list for drug testing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wonder if the Governors job is on the list for drug testing.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good job gov Scott we can&#039;t put safe tires on our state vehicles at the prison but you waste well over a million dollars of tax dollars  fighting a battle you knew you wouldnt win tou should have to pay the money back out of your own bank accounts</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good job gov Scott we can&#8217;t put safe tires on our state vehicles at the prison but you waste well over a million dollars of tax dollars  fighting a battle you knew you wouldnt win tou should have to pay the money back out of your own bank accounts</p>
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