Scott Takes Aim at Corcoran Over Legal Work

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By JIM TURNER
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

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THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 27, 2017……… Gov. Rick Scott on Monday upped his personal battle with House Speaker Richard Corcoran about the future of the state’s business-recruitment agency.

Kim McDougal, Scott’s chief of staff, sent a memo to state agency heads directing a review of legal contracts in response to a Tampa Bay Times report last week that Enterprise Florida has contracted with Broad & Cassel, a law firm that employs Corcoran.

Scott and Corcoran have clashed for weeks about the speaker’s push to abolish Enterprise Florida, an agency that Scott says is important to recruiting businesses.

Without mentioning Corcoran by name, McDougal pointed to a need to avoid entanglements between legislators and state contractors. She directed agencies to review whether they have contracts with law firms that employee any lawmakers.