FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RICK SCOTT WANTS THE HISPANIC VOTE, BUT DOES NOT DESERVE IT

January 15, 2014, Miami, Florida. The Hispanic vote will make a difference in the 2014 elections, and Rick Scott's selection of Carlos L�pez-Cantera as his Lieutenant Governor shows that he understands how important our vote is. 

However, his selection of a Hispanic lieutenant governor cannot cover up all the harm Rick Scott, his administration and the Florida Republican Party have caused Hispanic families. And more so when his new lieutenant governor has passionately promoted during his tenure in the state legislature, the same failed policies that have come out of the governor's mansion during the past four years. In 2011, Lopez-Cantera staunchly supported HB 7089, the anti-immigrant bill modeled after the racial profiling Arizona law, which Rick Scott embraced during his first governor's race. Lopez-Cantera called it a "common sense" and "reasonable" bill in a press release on March 10, 2011.

* The governor vetoed a bill that would have restored the right to obtain a drivers licence for all immigrants. This veto not only affects Hispanic families, but all Floridians who now pay exorbitant car insurance premiums because we have many unlicensed and uninsured drivers.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/rick-scott-vetoes-immigrant-driver-license-bill/2124859

* The governor has denied thousands of Hispanic students the opportunity to attend college. These measures condemn our families to low paying jobs that will affect Florida's economy for generations.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/bright-futures-changes-could-impact-thousands-of-hispanic-and-black/2112765

* The governor purged from the voter rolls thousands of Hispanics who were qualified voters, simply for partisan reasons.

http://nbclatino.com/2013/08/12/opinion-florida-voter-suppression-is-a-disgrace/

Rick Scott can change the name of his running mate on the ballot to a Hispanic, but he cannot change the harm his terrible policies have caused to Florida Hispanics.

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PARA DISEMINACI�N INMEDIATA

RICK SCOTT QUIERE EL VOTO HISPANO, PERO NO SE LO MERECE

15 de enero de 2014, Miami, Florida. El voto hispano que marcar� la diferencia en las elecciones de 2014, y la selecci�n de Carlos L�pez-Cantera como su vicegobernador muestra que el gobernador Rick Scott entiende la importancia de nuestro voto.

Sin embargo, la selecci�n de un vicegobernador hispano no puede borrar las dificultades que Rick Scott, su gobierno y el Partido Republicano de la Florida han causado a las familias hispanas. Y m�s aun cuando ese nuevo vicegobernador representa las mismas pol�ticas fallidas que han salido de la mansi�n del gobernador en estos �ltimos cuatro a�os, y las cuales �l ha apoyado fervientemente durante su carrera en la legislatura estatal. En el 2011, Lopez-Cantera apoy� el proyecto de ley que Rick Scott promovi� durante su primera campa�a para gobernador, HB 7089, una ley anti-inmigrantes parecida a la ley de Arizona, y la llam� una ley "de sentido com�n" y "razonable" en un comunicado de prensa el 10 de marzo de 2011. 

* El gobernador vet� el proyecto de ley que restaurar�a el derecho de obtener licencias de conducir a todos los inmigrantes. Este veto no solo afecta a las familias hispanas, sino a todos los floridanos que tenemos que pagar primas de seguro de auto exorbitantes por tener tantos conductores sin licencia de conducir ni seguro.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/rick-scott-vetoes-immigrant-driver-license-bill/2124859

* El gobernador le ha negado la oportunidad a miles de estudiantes hispanos de asistir a la universidad. Estas medidas condenan a nuestras familias a trabajos con sueldos bajos que afectar� la econom�a de la Florida por generaciones.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/bright-futures-changes-could-impact-thousands-of-hispanic-and-black/2112765

* El gobernador elimin� de las listas de votantes, por razones partidistas, a miles de hispanos que s� ten�an el derecho al voto.

http://nbclatino.com/2013/08/12/opinion-florida-voter-suppression-is-a-disgrace/

Rick Scott puede cambiar su compa�ero de boleta por un hispano, pero no puede cambiar el da�o que ha causado con sus terribles pol�ticas en contra de los hispanos de la Florida.

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