Documents: Scott administration had long-running role in collapsed FIU bridge

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico


By MATT DIXON 03/21/2018 11:48 AM EDT

TALLAHASSEE — The Scott administration quickly worked to distance itself from the collapse of a Florida International University pedestrian bridge that left six dead, but documents from the state’s transportation department and the university paint a different picture.

From the selection of the politically powerful firm that led the project to the days leading up to the collapse, the Florida Department of Transportation, overseen by Gov. Rick Scott, had direct involvement in a project whose collapse has rocked South Florida and sparked a federal investigation.

“It’s not an FDOT project,” Scott said during a press conference the night the bridge fell. “It’s an FIU project.”

As recently as September 2016, though, more than 10 months after the selection of the firms to design and build the project, his transportation agency was reviewing all construction-related material.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/03/21/documents-scott-administration-had-long-running-role-in-collapsed-fiu-bridge-324278

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. All republicans exist to damage government and enrich themselves in the process

They are in fact very dangerous people to live anywhere near.

[lark]

2. Come on Nelson!

Scott is so vulnerable to the truth. MSP happened directly because of Scott's proposal, passed by compliant repugs, to lower the age for assault weapons to 18 - he is personally responsible for the deaths of those 17 innocent people. Now he' taking credit for reversing this, but it was his idea in the first place and he must be called on it - loudly and publicly and often. heh also needs to be called out for this - Killer Scott, at it again!

[Angry Dragon]

4. Don't forget his medicare fraud that he knew nothing about......$150million

[Faux pas]

3. Kickin'

for A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y!!!!!!!!!!!

[Baitball Blogger]

5. .

[bronxiteforever]

6. He should resign right?

Like he told the FBI director after Parkland.

[vkkv]

7. Hopefully the Miami Herald will call Rick The Snake's ass on this. nt

[diva77]

8. K&R to expose more rethug corruption

Scott -- another squatter in a public office, installed by the Kochs.

[mpcamb]

9. Sound's like Rick's got some law suits coming his way.

[yardwork]

10. I hope this destroys Scott.

[Grammy23]

11. About time something caught up with

with his mangy ass.

[Hortensis]

12. Gov. Scott gave this same firm, MCM, a honeypot contract

for debris cleanup in the Keys, which is running existing companies out of business because MCM can pay more in taxpayer dollars for labor and equipment leases. Temporarily. Harming business and taxpayers and benefiting MCM.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/10/12/gov-rick-scott-florida-keys-debris-removal/