Rick Scott’s actual campaign – not “Let’s Get To Work” – reports just a $13K in-kind contribution for December

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If it wasn’t clear before that Governor Rick Scott plans to run his re-election campaign through the “Let’s Get To Work” committee, the first campaign finance report for Scott’s actual campaign should end any confusion.

Scott’s campaign — not LGTW and its ability to raise contributions in an unlimited amounts, but his actual campaign — raised just $13,391 during the month of December, according to the Florida Division of Elections. And that was an in-kind contribution from the Republican Party of Florida. Scott collected no cash contributions and expended no funds from his campaign.

Some will describe this as the new reality of Florida campaigns, others will see it as a cynical effort to flaunt the spirit of Florida’s campaign finance regulations. 

But when you are dealing with a political figure who could write a $100 million check and not blink, does it really matter how much he “raises” for his in-name-only campaign?

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.