"I've been up there 22 years, and he has flat picked more fights with more people than anybody I've ever seen before — some of them justified."
House Speaker Richard Corcoran (R- Pasco County) is the most unpredictable force in Florida politics in decades. He's a fearless political marksman who uses laws, rules, tweets, videos, lawsuits and sheer nerve to lay waste to what he calls "a culture of corruption" in Tallahassee. Senators, judges, lobbyists, college presidents, teachers and business owners are all among his targets — with none bigger than Gov. Rick Scott.
The back-and-forth between Corcoran and Scott feels like the stretch run of a tight campaign. The House is producing slick videos that make Corcoran's case of runaway spending. Scott's political committee launched a counter-attack video accusing Corcoran of "fake news." Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.
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