Scott’s lawyer admits he gave Fla. Supreme Court wrong info in high-speed rail argument

Scott’s lawyer admits he gave Fla. Supreme Court wrong info in high-speed rail argument.

TALLAHASSEE —
Gov. Rick Scott’s legal counsel Thursday told the Florida Supreme Court that
he made an inaccurate representation on the amount of money already spent on
the state’s high-speed rail project — a key detail that may have helped
cinch the governor’s victory in a constitutional tug-of-war.

In a two-page letter to Chief Justice Charles Canady, Scott’s general counsel,
Charles Trippe, acknowledged he misrepresented a central fact in arguments
last month supporting the governor’s rejection of $2.4 billion in federal
funds for the project linking Tampa with Orlando.

Sen. Thad Altman, R-Viera, one of two senators who sued Scott saying he had
exceeded his constitutional authority in killing the project, said Thursday
evening that Trippe’s letter is a “huge admission.”

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Filed under: Passenger Rail Transportatio Policy, United States High Speed Rail