Since mid-February, a growing chorus of elected leaders in states hit hardest by Florida's impotent pill mill laws have pleaded with Gov. Rick Scott not to kill a prescription drug database they say would save lives.
The pleas have come from the chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, the governors of Kentucky and West Virginia and others, Republican and Democrat.
So far they haven't changed the mind of Scott, who believes a tough law enforcement approach is better.
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interesting that these folks are all being ignored apparently.
Scott also has received pro-database correspondence from Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear and Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo. On Friday, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway took the appeal directly to Floridians with a letter published in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. All three are Democrats.
Mongiardo's spokeswoman said he has called Scott's office several times but hasn't heard back. Neither has Brown, his office said.
Beshear and West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin spoke with Scott at a recent National Governors Association meeting but didn't change his mind, their offices said.
"Gov. Scott has an opportunity to help his constituents and work collaboratively with other states to halt the spread of powerful prescription drugs," Tomblin, a Democrat, said last month. "I call upon Gov. Scott to recognize that we are all Americans and we have a responsibility to act where we see action is needed
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