Governor Rick Scott - PRNewser http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser Your Daily PR Release Copyright 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:39:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Florida Gov Bought a Rescue Dog for His Campaign, Then Replaced It Politics is a slick business. We know this, you know this…everybody knows this. But a little bit of investigative reporting by the Tampa Bay Times that exposed a few poorly planned moves on behalf of Florida governor Rick Scott reveals the kind of weird PR that we’ve unfortunately come to expect from our elected officials.

Mr. Scott wanted to improve his image in the eyes of Florida voters during his gubernatorial campaign, so he bought a rescued Labrador retriever. After he won the election, he did what any responsible dog-lover would do: he returned the lab to its previous owner. Wait, what?

Scott didn’t just buy the dog:

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]]> Patrick Coffee http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/pr-fail-florida-gov-rented-a-rescue-dog-for-his-campaign_b54787#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/pr-fail-florida-gov-rented-a-rescue-dog-for-his-campaign_b54787 http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/?p=54787 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:44:49 +0000