Rick Scott walks back executive order requiring drug testing for all FL state workers.
source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/16/2269870/scott-suspends-drug-test-requirement.html#ixzz...
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Yeah, the ACLU went after this one too. Something about illegal search and seizure maybe? So Scott's plan is going to court and he is walking it back and trying to save face too:
" "Nonetheless, while the case is pending, it does not make sense for all agencies to move forward with the logistical issues involved in instituting the new policy," he wrote.
Scott also mentions agencies' efforts to coordinate and procure drug-testing services for the lowest cost per test. He said agencies were asked to hold off on adopting drug-testing policies as those discussions took place."
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/16/2269870/scott-suspends-drug-test-requireme...
Another GOP 'small government' pol trying to abuse people's rights for fun and profit. He DID put his company in his wife's name, so it's not like, ya know, he was trying to pump up HIS business by requiring all state workers to get drug test every 3 months. No, nothing like that. And he DID mention trying to get the lowest price per test for the state, but seems the bidding process might just be rife with potential for fraud.
Fraud, now there's a word Rick Scott and his lawyers probably know something about, what with him running the company that got hit with the biggest Medicare fraud case in US history, resulting in $1.7 Billion in various fines and damages.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-20/news/fl-rick-scott-governor-hca-2010...
Hey, wasn't that the company owned by former Senator Frist's family? GOP family values.
Scott also wants drug tests for people on public assistance. Guess he doesn't want any poor people scamming the government so they can buy drugs? Scamming is for bigger fish, it seems.
" "Nonetheless, while the case is pending, it does not make sense for all agencies to move forward with the logistical issues involved in instituting the new policy," he wrote.
Scott also mentions agencies' efforts to coordinate and procure drug-testing services for the lowest cost per test. He said agencies were asked to hold off on adopting drug-testing policies as those discussions took place."
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/16/2269870/scott-suspends-drug-test-requireme...
Another GOP 'small government' pol trying to abuse people's rights for fun and profit. He DID put his company in his wife's name, so it's not like, ya know, he was trying to pump up HIS business by requiring all state workers to get drug test every 3 months. No, nothing like that. And he DID mention trying to get the lowest price per test for the state, but seems the bidding process might just be rife with potential for fraud.
Fraud, now there's a word Rick Scott and his lawyers probably know something about, what with him running the company that got hit with the biggest Medicare fraud case in US history, resulting in $1.7 Billion in various fines and damages.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-20/news/fl-rick-scott-governor-hca-2010...
Hey, wasn't that the company owned by former Senator Frist's family? GOP family values.
Scott also wants drug tests for people on public assistance. Guess he doesn't want any poor people scamming the government so they can buy drugs? Scamming is for bigger fish, it seems.
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