Fla. Gov. promises less budget vetoes this year

WFTV9 Tuesday 17th April, 2012

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is promising a much lower number of budget vetoes during his second year in office. Scott will sign a new $70 billion budget into law on Tuesday at an elementary school in St. Johns County.The Republican governor is also expected to announce vetoes of individual projects included in the overall budget.Scott told a Jacksonville radio station Tuesday morning that he won't come close to matching the $615 million he vetoed dur...

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