by Lone Shark

Last week we reported on the signing of the legislation by Governor Rick Scott that prohibits state and local governments in Florida from conducting business with firms that have business operations in Cuba or Syria- a signing which soon resulted in a public relations mess after Scott simultaneously issued a qualification that the legislation he was signing would not be enforceable until it had undergone  federal review.

As we reported-

After Scott visited the Freedom Tower in Miami to sign a bill that prohibited the state and local governments in Florida from doing business with firms that tied to Cuba and Syria, the Governor’s Office issued a press release stating that the very restrictions that he just signed won’t take effect until the federal government gives them approval to do so.

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The glaring question that results- why would Governor Scott sign such a measure in the first place knowing that its legality would be subject to review by the ultra-partisan U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice?-(Shark Tank)

Immediately after this public relations misstep, Scott took considerable flak from a few of Florida’s top politicos, namely U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Congressmen David Rivera, and both Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart, all of whom felt somewhat betrayed after the bill’s initial signing.  Scott is now walking back  his initial statement about the law’s enforceability and now says that the bill he signed into law will be enforced and takes effect within two months.

 I’m gonna work my tail off to enforce it becomes the law of the land July 1st, but it would the best thing to make sure we can enforce it, for the federal government to do the exact same thing. I am going to enforce the law, I believe in the law, it was a good bill, and I was proud to sign it. -Governor Rick Scott

So kudos to the Governor for following through on his promise. Unfortunately, the real culprit here is a lack of clarity from the federal government in determining who should and shouldn’t be considered an international state sponsor of terrorism- Cuba and Syria most certainly merit inclusion on that list.

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