Health care executiveRick Scott , who pumped $39 million of his own money into the race, hammered opponent Bill McCollum with a series of attack ads after jumping into the competitive race this spring and positioning himself as a conservative outsider.
Scott, 57, will face Florida's chief financial officer, Alex Sink, who is running to become the Sunshine State's first female governor. Also in the race: Independent candidate Bud Chiles.
"The primary is over, Rick Scott is the nominee, the general election has begun, and our party now looks forward," Republican Governors Association spokesman Tim Murtaugh said in a statement.
Fuente: usatoday.com
Florida gubernatorial candidate, Rick Scott, at center of stem cell lab focus
Many see The Jackson Lab deal as an example of government run by bureaucrats who care more about their schemes than the will of the people. The Jackson Lab has a dark past in Eugenics, and a dark present in workshops” and ”resources” for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
His Excellency, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of the Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida has expressed serious concerns over The Jackson Lab’s move to Ave Maria. In June 2008 the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a 2,000-word policy statement calling embryonic stem-cell research gravely immoral.” Yet, Tom Monaghan and Nicholas J. Healy, Jr., Chancellor and President of Ave Maria University, respectively, have both welcomed The Jackson Lab’s proposed move to Ave Maria, after the university was touted as ”unabashedly Catholic.”
In comes Republican millionaire, , who is running for governor of Florida, as a jobs creator and conservative outsider.” Scott’s campaign spokeswoman, Jennifer Baker, spoke with me on Monday regarding Mr. Scott’s stance on The Jackson Lab proposal—a stance which was described as previously… somewhat unclear” in a piece published by the Naples Daily News on Sunday night at 10:19pm EST, after Scott’s visit to Naples.
Fuente: speroforum.com
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