Gov. Scott's name on Veterans Hall of Fame?

The state of Florida has an abundance of heroes to honor that would inspire a sense of pride, however, Governor Scott should have never been part of this even mentioned unless they wanted to include all veterans instead of combat veterans with the medals to prove they went above and beyond.

Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame: What Could Go Wrong?

Published: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 12:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 12:08 a.m.
In the midst of its slash-and-burn session this spring, the Florida Legislature found something noncontroversial to do — or so it probably thought.

It seemed like a good idea. Lawmakers passed a bill that established a Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame to honor "those military veterans, who, through their works and lives during and after their military service, have made a significant contribution to the state of Florida."

The best part (from a legislator's point of view)? The Hall of Fame will be administered "without appropriation of state funds."

What could be better? It's a bipartisan bill that everyone — Republicans, Democrats, independents, fundamentalists, apathetics, agnostics — could rally around, and it wouldn't cost them a dime. Who could possibly be offended?

Those lawmakers reckoned without Rick Scott — the amateur-but-superambitious politician who bought his way into the Governor's Office and actually thought he deserved to be there because he spent so much money that his company illegally extracted from the federal Medicare program.

Q: When the list of the first class of Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame honorees was drawn up, and submitted for approval to Rick Scott and three other Republicans, who was one of the front-line honorees?

A: Rick Scott.

Q: Who submitted the list?

A: Actually, it was Rick Scott's hand-picked Veterans Affairs Department appointee and former chief of staff.
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Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame

Cpl. Larry Smedley


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Miller Oviedo FL Medal of Honor




Medal of Honor for Floridians

Indian Wars
Varnum, Charles Albert
Army
Pensacola, FL

Philippine Insurrection
Condon, Clarence Milville
Army
St. Augustine, FL

World War I
Ormsbee, Jr., Francis Edward
Navy
Florida

World War II
**Femoyer, Robert Edward
Army AC
Jacksonville, FL

McCampbell, David
Navy
West Palm Beach, FL

**McGuire, Jr., Thomas Buchanan
Army AC
Sebring, FL

**McTureous, Jr., Robert Miller
USMC
Altoona, FL

Mills, James Henry
Army
Fort Meade, FL

**Nininger, Jr., Alexander Ramsey
Army
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Korean War
**Bennett, Emory L.
Army
New Smyrna, FL
Cocoa, FL

**Lopez, Baldomero
USMC
Tampa, FL

Vietnam War
**Bowen, Jr., Hammett Lee
Army
Jacksonville, FL

**Carter, Bruce Wayne
USMC
Jacksonville, FL

**Cutinha, Nicholas Joseph
Army
Fernandina Beach, FL
Coral Gables, FL

Ingram, Robert R.
Navy
Clearwater, FL


**Jenkins, Jr., Robert Henry
USMC
Interlachen, FL
Jacksonville, FL

Lassen, Clyde Everett
Navy
Fort Myers, FL
Jacksonville, FL

**Sims, Clifford Chester
Army
Port St. Joe, FL
Jacksonville, FL

**Smedley, Larry Eugene
USMC
Orlando, FL

War On Terror (Iraq)
**Smith, Paul Ray
Army
Tampa, FL

Peace Time Awards
**Corry, Jr., William Merrill
Navy
Quincy, FL
Florida

Scott Pulls Controversial Name From Veterans' Hall of Fame List
By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER
Ledger Tallahassee Bureau
Published: Friday, July 29, 2011 at 4:20 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 29, 2011 at 4:20 a.m.
TALLAHASSEE | Gov. Rick Scott's office sought to distance itself Thursday from the embarrassment of a list of prospective inductees to the new Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame that originally included six former members of the Confederate army, a former governor convicted of intimidating black citizens and Scott, himself.

After questions arose over the records and lack of diversity of the 22 people on the list — all white men and former governors with military service — state officials announced that the issue had been dropped from the agenda of next Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.

If approved, the Hall of Fame members would have been formally inducted on Veterans Day in November and honored with a plaque on the wall at the state Capitol.

The Hall of Fame is based on a new state law that created the honor and allowed the state Department of Veterans' Affairs to come up with the list. click link for more