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Scott set to sign off on budget and add a few vetoes along the way

By Lynn Hatter

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Tallahassee, FL – Governor Rick Scott will sign the budget tomorrow in Central Florida before a crowd of supporters. The governor is promoting it as a "jobs" budget aimed at growing the state's economy. Lynn Hatter has more.

Scott will sign the budget in The Villages, a Central Florida community that's also a tea party and Republican stronghold. It's also 200-miles away from Tallahassee, where job cuts as a result of diminished funding has already started. The governor has said he's looking at vetoing additional spending items, but says the legislature generally did a good job. Most Floridians may not agree though. A recent poll shows most Floridians disapprove of the job both he and the legislature have done so far.