Pubdate: Tue, 08 May 2012
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
Copyright: 2012 News-Journal Corporation
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Author: Robert Sullivan

IS THERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

I'm glad to see a Miami federal judge has declared unconstitutional 
Gov. Rick Scott's order requiring drug testing for state workers. 
Scott's costly drug testing policy for Floridians on welfare was also 
a disaster, and thankfully that too was found unconstitutional and has ended.

In that debacle, according to the figures from the state, 108 of 
4,086 workers tested positive (2.6 percent of those tested) and the 
most common reason was marijuana use. The cost to the taxpayers was $118,140.

Isn't it about time we take a look at the 800-pound gorilla in the 
room here? Our governor signed over controlling shares of his 
interest in a company that performs drug testing to his wife right 
before he was sworn in as our governor, which raises the question: Is 
Scott interested in Florida having more sober state employees and 
welfare recipients, or in personal gain?

ROBERT SULLIVAN, New Smyrna Beach
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