Scott hires DOT officials, but no secretary yet

in Uncategorized by

Gov. Rick Scott has not named a Secretary of Transportation yet, but Tuesday he picked a chief of staff and general counsel for the high-profile state agency. Scott has received a list of three finalists from the panel that statutorily vets applicant transportation secretaries for the secretary position, but he chose Tuesday only to appoint former congressional staffer Francis Gibbs as Chief of Staff and current Department of Children and Families General Counsel Jerry Curington as DOT’s top lawyer, reports the News Service of Florida.

Gibbs comes to DOT after working for U.S Reps. Ander Crenshaw, R-Jacksonville, and Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral as a transportation policy advisor. Scott hailed both Tuesday.

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.