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Florida stands alone
"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."
— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
We didn't have to fish long for this one...
"You have to get a license to fish on our beaches."
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, September 23rd, 2013
Exactly what it would do
Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
By a wide margin
Florida has "more concealed weapons permits than any other state."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Like many other states
"We are at a 40-year low in our crime rate in our state."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Still high, but it has dropped
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Four early states total 12 million
"At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
The governor speaks Canadian
"Almost 10 percent of Canadians came to visit Florida last year ... (Canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Scott focused on debt numbers
"We already have $23 billion worth of debt."
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, June 13th, 2011
Tourist dollars help bolster jobs
"We know that every 85 visitors create one Florida job."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Not that everyone liked how it happened
"We ... sold the state airplanes as I had promised."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Florida is more than just tourism
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Bank employees got a 5 percent commission for referrals
"Your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
She'd be just the second woman LG
Jennifer Carroll is the "first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida."
— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Facebook <333 Scott
"Thanks to you, in under one week we have the largest GOP (Facebook) page in the Governor's race!"
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010