TALLAHASSE: Gov. Rick Scott appears to be on his way to Kentucky in the next couple of weeks, armed with reasons why Florida’s businesses are doing better than those in the Bluegrass State.Enterprise Florida announced a new radio advertisement that asks business owners if they are sick of Kentucky’s employee unions and big government.
“Good news is on the way,” a script for the ad states. “Florida Gov. Rick Scott is coming to Kentucky to share Florida’s success story.”In a news release on the new advertisement, Scott said he planned to tout Florida’s sterling credit rating over Kentucky’s economic struggle. The pitch is a bid to woo more companies to the Sunshine state, which the governor kicked off with a news release Aug. 31.
Kentucky is the latest state with Democratic governors where Scott sought to promote Florida. In June, he spent two days in Connecticut, where he released a statement that a recent hike in taxes would be bad for business there. The governor also has made similar trips to Pennsylvania and California.Roughly two weeks before his visits, Scott announces plans to advertise in the state touting a variety of issues. But one common theme is Florida’s status as a right-to-work state.
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said Scott should stay in the Sunshine State and find a way to keep Floridians from escaping high taxes.“Gov. Scott ought to be closing the roads leading out of Florida to stop all of the folks who want to leave because they are sick and tired of paying the outrageous property taxes in that state,” Beshear said in a statement provided to the Naples Daily News/Tribune bureau.
