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About $200 in a political campaign account just ain't going to cut it. But that’s what governor hopeful Darrin Mcgillis has in his account as he tried to become Florida’s next chief executive.
Mcgillis, a south Florida resident and Democrat, favors decriminalizing personal marijuana use, increasing the sales tax to help fund health care and preserving human rights, especially for gays who want to marry.
“There is stuff gay people do I don't want to know about, not my business,” said Mcgillis. “But if two people are in love and choose the next step to get married, that is okay with me.”
So far, 22 people have tentatively signed up to run for governor - seven Democrats, eight Republicans and seven people from other parties.
Like any state, there are the well-known candidates like Attorney General Bill McCollum and Cheif Financial Officer Alex Sink. But there is also room for the little guy.
“In business you balance your budget,” Republican Rick Scott says in one of his TV commercials. The self-made millionaire from Naples is another relatively unfamiliar name interested in being governor.
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He’s plunking millions of his own money into commercials and touting his conservative pro-life, pro-gun and anti-gay marriage philosophies.
Government transparency, especially with your tax money, is tops on his priority list.
“Let's have accountability budgeting, make government justify every dollar it spends every year," Scott says.
