Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer says, if Gov. Rick Scott is really focusing on creating jobs in Florida, he ought to be investing in the infrastructure that helps provide the environment for job creation.
“The governor can’t shortchange things like education that you need for investment,” said Mayor Dyer in a recent interview with West Orlando News. “You cannot simply say, ‘the sun shines here and we have low taxes’. That thinking attracts people who want to retire, not people who want high-wage, high quality jobs.”
Whether it is growing companies that are already here or fostering entrepreneurship among our very creative citizens around Orlando and the rest of Florida, investment in education is one critical component of that infrastructure, for the state’s future growth and development, Dyer added.
Scott proposes to slash investment in public schools and universities by more than $3 billion, with public elementary through high school spending dropping by nearly $300 per student. Education advocates have described Scott’s proposed spending cuts as “catastrophic”.
