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56-730: The Palatlakaha River is a river in Lake County , Florida . It forms the principal headwater of the Ocklawaha River , a tributary of St. Johns River . The source of the Palatlakaha River is at Lake Louisa , itself fed from the Green Swamp by two streams known as Big Creek and Little Creek. From Lake Louisa the river flows north through a chain of lakes known as the Clermont Chain of lakes . In order
112-619: A 26 percent approval rating in December 2011, the lowest among U.S. governors, but it steadily increased during the rest of his governorship. It stood at 45 percent in August 2015, and at 57 percent in April 2017. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma later that year, Scott's approval rating saw a high of 61 percent. Shortly before he left office, his ratings had fallen to 47 percent approving and 41 percent disapproving. In 2013, Scott signed
168-577: A death sentence must be issued by a unanimous jury. The Florida Supreme Court ruled the law "cannot be applied to pending prosecutions" which means that until the Florida legislature acts, there is no procedure or law allowing a prosecutor to seek the death penalty; but it leaves open the status of sentences passed under the twice-struck down provisions, also left open by the January 2016 United States Supreme Court Hurst decision. The Court granted Hurst
224-783: A decade, Mr. Scott had built a company he founded with two small hospitals in El Paso into the world's largest health care company – a $ 20 billion giant with about 350 hospitals, 550 home health care offices and scores of other medical businesses in 38 states." On March 19, 1997, investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services served search warrants at Columbia/HCA facilities in El Paso and on dozens of doctors with suspected ties to
280-590: A failing doughnut shop (the Flavor Maid Do-Nut) by adding workplace delivery instead of relying on foot traffic. He later bought and revived another doughnut shop. After graduating from law school, Scott worked as an attorney at the law firm of Johnson & Swanson in Dallas, Texas. In 1988, Scott and Richard Rainwater , a financier from Fort Worth, each put up $ 125,000 in working capital in their new company, Columbia Hospital Corporation; they borrowed
336-577: A federal anti-kickback law passed in order to limit or eliminate instances of conflicts of interest in Medicare and Medicaid. During Scott's 2000 deposition, he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 75 times. In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $ 600+ million fine in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history. Columbia/HCA admitted systematically overcharging
392-475: A group of investors who gave AHN a major infusion of cash so that the company could continue to operate. By early 1999, the network was available in 9.5 million American homes. In mid-1999 AHN merged with Fit TV , a subsidiary of Fox; the combination was renamed The Health Network. Later that year, in a deal between News Corp. and WebMD , the latter received half-ownership of The Health Network. WebMD planned to relaunch The Health Network as WebMD Television in
448-549: A household in the county was $ 36,903, and the median income for a family was $ 42,577. Males had a median income of $ 31,475 versus $ 23,545 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 20,199. About 6.90% of families and 9.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 6.30% of those age 65 or over. Lake County is represented by U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio , and U.S. Representatives Michael Waltz (R-FL6), Daniel Webster (R-FL11), and Scott Franklin (R-FL15). In
504-562: A minor league baseball team owner. In July 1997, Columbia/HCA Healthcare purchased a controlling interest in America's Health Network (AHN), the first 24-hour health care cable channel. They pulled out of the deal on the day of the closing because Scott and Vandewater were terminated, causing the immediate layoffs of more than 250 people in Orlando. Later that same year, Scott became majority owner of AHN. In 1998, Scott and Vandewater led
560-522: A new sentencing hearing after the same Supreme Court decision. During Scott's tenure, Florida executed more inmates (28) than had been executed under any other governor in the state's history. In the 2016 Republican primaries, Scott endorsed Trump after Trump won the Florida primary . Scott chaired a pro-Trump super PAC in the 2016 election. Unlike many other establishment Republicans, Scott praised Trump as tough on terrorism and as an outsider during
616-509: A planned $ 20 million ad campaign by CPR. On April 9, 2010, Scott announced his candidacy for the 2010 Republican Party nomination for governor of Florida . He ran against Democratic nominee Alex Sink . Susie Wiles , former communications chief to Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton , was Scott's campaign manager, and Tony Fabrizio was his chief pollster. It was reported on May 7 that Scott's campaign had already spent $ 4.7 million on television and radio ads. His first video advertisement
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#1732776675590672-499: A truck driver. Orba adopted Rick, who took his stepfather's surname and became known as Richard Lynn Scott. Scott was raised in North Kansas City , Missouri , the second of five children. His family was lower-middle-class and struggled financially; Esther Scott worked as a clerk at J. C. Penney , among other jobs. Scott graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1970. He attended community college for
728-482: A venture capitalist and pursued other business interests. Scott ran for governor of Florida in 2010 . He defeated Bill McCollum in a vigorously contested Republican primary election, and then defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sink by just over one point in the general election. Scott was reelected in 2014 , again by just over one point, against former governor Charlie Crist . He was barred by term limits from running for reelection in 2018 , and instead ran for
784-876: A year, and then enlisted in the United States Navy . In 1972, he married Ann Holland , whom he met in high school, at a Baptist church in Kansas City . Scott had completed naval bootcamp just before the wedding. Afterward, he was sent to a naval posting in Newport, Rhode Island , where he and his wife lived for 15 months. He served there as a radarman on the USS ; Glover (FF-1098) , which during his enlistment spent time dry docked in Boston and sailed to ports in Bermuda and Puerto Rico . Scott
840-513: Is Clermont . Lake County is included in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area . Lake County was created in 1887 from portions of Sumter and Orange counties . It was named for the many lakes contained within its borders (250 named lakes and 1,735 other bodies of water ). In the 1800s, the two main industries in the area were growing cotton and breeding cattle. In the latter part of
896-484: Is an alternative to the emergency department care that these types of patients often seek, or for not seeing a doctor at all. In 2006, Scott said that his plans for Solantic were to establish a national brand of medical clinics. In August 2007, the company received a $ 40 million investment from a private equity firm and said that it expected to open 35 clinics by the end of 2009, with annual revenues of $ 100 million once all these clinics were open, compared to $ 20 million at
952-564: Is expected to become Florida's senior senator when Marco Rubio resigns to become secretary of state in the second cabinet of Donald Trump . Rick Scott was born Richard Lynn Myers in Bloomington, Illinois , on December 1, 1952. Scott never met his biological father, Gordon William Myers, who was described by Scott's mother, Esther J. Scott (née Fry; 1928–2012), as an abusive alcoholic. Scott's parents divorced in his infancy. In 1954, Esther married Orba George Scott Jr. (died 2006),
1008-460: Is on State Road 44 east of Eustis. LakeXpress is the public transportation agency that serves the Lake County, Florida area since 2007. 28°46′N 81°43′W / 28.77°N 81.72°W / 28.77; -81.72 Rick Scott Richard Lynn Scott ( né Myers ; born December 1, 1952) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who has been
1064-590: The Timely Justice Act (HB 7101) to overhaul the processes for capital punishment in Florida . The Supreme Court of the United States struck down part of this law in January 2016 in Hurst v. Florida , declaring, in an 8–1 decision, that a judge determining the aggravating facts to be used in considering a death sentence with only a non-binding recommendation from the jury based on a majority vote
1120-423: The U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,157 square miles (3,000 km ), of which 938 square miles (2,430 km ) is land and 219 square miles (570 km ) (18.9%) is water. Sugarloaf Mountain is the highest point in peninsular Florida, at 312 feet (95 m) above sea level. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 383,956 people, 137,446 households, and 94,332 families residing in
1176-604: The Western United States that offer vitamins, herbal medicine, skin products, homeopathic medicines, and prescriptions. In the 1990s, Scott was a partner of George W. Bush as co-owner of the Texas Rangers . In February 2009, Scott founded Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR), which he said was intended to put pressure on Democrats to enact health care legislation based on free-market principles. As of March 2009, he had given about $ 5 million for
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#17327766755901232-719: The junior United States senator from Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party , he served two terms as the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Scott is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University . In 1987, after serving in the United States Navy and becoming a law firm partner, he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation . Columbia later merged with another corporation to form Columbia/HCA , which eventually became
1288-461: The 19th century, people started to grow citrus trees. Citrus was introduced by Melton Haynes . Throughout the 1940s and 50s, citrus production increased and grew into the area's leading industry. The December 1989 United States cold wave destroyed most of the citrus groves, dealing an economic blow from which many growers could not recover. Grove owners sold massive amounts of land to developers, resulting in increasing urban sprawl . According to
1344-639: The 2016 Republican convention. When Trump "sparred with the Muslim father of a slain U.S. soldier", Scott said "I'm never going to agree with every candidate on what they're going to say". When the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape was publicized, in which Trump spoke of grabbing women "by the pussy", Scott rebuked Trump, saying, "I'm not following politics closely right now, but this is terrible. I don't agree with anyone talking like this about anyone, ever." In June 2011, Scott signed
1400-528: The August primary with approximately 46.4% percent of the vote to McCollum's 43.4% By the date of the Tampa debate between Scott and Sink (October 25, 2010), Scott had spent $ 60 million of his own money on the campaign compared to Sink's reported $ 28 million. Scott campaigned as part of the Tea Party movement . The Fort Myers News-Press quoted Scott as saying he spent roughly $ 78 million of his own money on
1456-539: The Florida Division of Elections. There are a number of public schools in the county . The following colleges are in the county: The Tavares Seaplane Base is a city-owned, public-use seaplane base on Lake Dora in Tavares. The Leesburg International Airport is a former Army Airfield and municipal airport along Lake Harris east of downtown Leesburg, Florida . Mid Florida Air Service Airport
1512-952: The Florida Senate, Lake County is represented by Senators Dennis Baxley (R-FL12), and Kelli Stargel (R-FL22) . In the Florida House, Lake County is represented by Florida Representatives Keith Truenow (R-FL31), Anthony Sabatini (R-FL32), and Brett Hage (R-FL33). Lake County has five Constitutional Officers: Gary Cooney (Clerk of the Court and Comptroller), Peyton Grinnell (Sheriff), Cary Baker (Property Appraiser), David Jordan (Tax Collector), and Alan Hays (Supervisor of Elections), and five County Commissioners: Doug Shields (R-District 1), Sean Parks (R-District 2), Kirby Smith (R-District 3), Leslie Campione (R-District 4), and Josh Blake (R-District 5). The Florida Department of Corrections has Region III Correctional Facility Office on
1568-516: The Senate. Scott won the 2018 U.S. Senate election , defeating Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson . The initial election results were so close that they triggered a mandatory recount. The recount showed that Scott had won by 10,033 votes; Nelson then conceded the race. Scott took office following the expiration of his term as governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. He won reelection in 2024 , defeating Democratic nominee Debbie Mucarsel-Powell . Scott
1624-585: The campaign, although other figures indicate he spent slightly over $ 75 million. He won the general election, defeating Sink by around 68,000 votes, or 1.29%. He took office as the 45th governor of Florida on January 4, 2011. In October 2011, Scott announced that he would run for reelection in 2014. His political funding committee, Let's Get to Work , had raised $ 28 million for his campaign as of May 2014. As of early June 2014, Scott had spent almost $ 13 million since March on television advertisements attacking former governor Charlie Crist , who then appeared to be
1680-513: The company. Eight days after the initial raid, Scott signed his last SEC report as a hospital executive. Four months later, the board of directors pressured him to resign as chairman and CEO. He was succeeded by Thomas F. Frist Jr. Scott was paid $ 9.88 million in a settlement, and left owning 10 million shares of stock then worth more than $ 350 million. The directors had been warned in the company's annual public reports to stockholders that incentives Columbia/HCA offered doctors could run afoul of
1736-502: The county. As of the census of 2010, there were 297,047 people and 130,190 households residing in the county. The population density was 316.6 inhabitants per square mile (122.2/km ). There were 163,586 housing units at an average density of 174.3 per square mile (67.3/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 83.4% White (68.7% non-Hispanic White), 11.5% Black or African American , 0.6% Native American , 2.3% Asian , 0.2% Pacific Islander , and 2.1% from two or more races. 16.7% of
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1792-667: The fall of 2000, with new programming, but that company announced cutbacks and restructuring in September 2000, and, in January 2001, News Corp. regained 100% ownership. In September 2001, Fox Cable Networks Group sold The Health Network to its main rival, the Discovery Health Channel , for $ 155 million in cash plus a 10% equity stake in Discovery Health. Solantic, based in Jacksonville, Florida ,
1848-722: The general election against Crist and Annette Taddeo-Goldstein by 64,000 votes. The Libertarian candidates, Adrian Wyllie and Greg Roe, received 223,356 votes. During Hurricane Irma , Scott led Florida through the largest mass evacuation in U.S. history. He signed a repeal of Florida's 1985 growth management laws, reduced funding for water management districts, reduced oversight at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and supported increased funding for Everglades restoration. Scott supported permanent tax cuts and "focused on job numbers rather than on running state agencies or making sweeping policy changes". Scott had
1904-505: The government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, by striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and by filing false data about use of hospital space. It also admitted to fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA. It filed false cost reports, fraudulently billed Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in
1960-774: The grounds of the Lake Correctional Institution in an unincorporated area in Lake County. The Lake County Library System was established in 1982 by Lake County Ordinance 1982-18 following the establishment of the Lake County Library Planning Advisory Board in 1975. Today it is governed by the Lake County Board of County Commissioners. The library system is made up of 6 branch libraries and 10 municipal libraries: Lake County has voted Republican in U.S. presidential races since 1948. Data comes from
2016-467: The initial round of funding of $ 3 million to Alijor.com (named for the first three letters of his two daughters' names), which offered hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers the opportunity to post information about their prices, hours, locations, insurance accepted, and personal backgrounds online. Scott co-founded the company with his daughter Allison. In 2008, Alijor was sold to HealthGrades . In May 2008, Scott purchased Drives , one of
2072-418: The lakes are Lake Susan, Lake Minnehaha, Lake Palatlakaha, Lake Hiawatha, Lake Minneola, Cherry Lake, Lake Lucy and Lake Emma. From Lake Emma the river flows through a swampy area to enter Lake Harris . The river is 44 miles long. The upper section of the river forms the 26 mile long Palatlakaha Run, a waterways trail for canoeists and kayakers organized by Lake County. There are 6 water level control dams on
2128-452: The likely Democratic nominee, and who was eventually nominated. The ads resulted in a tightening of the race, mainly due to a decline in Crist's favorability ratings, while Scott's favorability ratings did not increase. By late September 2014, Scott's television ad spending had exceeded $ 35 million and in mid-October reached $ 56.5 million, compared to $ 26.5 million by Crist. On October 22 it
2184-478: The nation's largest for-profit health care company. Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal programs. The Department of Justice won 14 felony convictions against the company, which was fined $ 1.7 billion in what was at the time the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history. Following his departure from Columbia/HCA, Scott became
2240-441: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 88,413 households, out of which 23.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
2296-444: The proposed holding company offered $ 3.85 billion for 80 million shares at $ 47 each, intending to assume an additional $ 1.2 billion in debt, for a total $ 5 billion deal. After HCA declined the offer, the bid was withdrawn. In 1994, Columbia Hospital Corporation merged with HCA, "forming the single largest for-profit health care company in the country." Scott became CEO of Columbia/HCA. According to The New York Times , "[in] less than
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2352-735: The remaining money needed to purchase two struggling hospitals in El Paso for $ 60 million. Then they acquired a neighboring hospital and shut it down. Within a year, the remaining two were doing much better. By the end of 1989, Columbia Hospital Corporation owned four hospitals with a total of 833 beds. In 1992, Columbia made a stock purchase of Basic American Medical, which owned eight hospitals, primarily in Southwestern Florida. In September 1993, Columbia did another stock purchase, worth $ 3.4 billion, of Galen Healthcare, which had been spun off by Humana Inc. several months earlier. At
2408-409: The river that are closed to keep water levels higher during drier periods. 28°46′00″N 81°52′15″W / 28.7667°N 81.8708°W / 28.7667; -81.8708 Lake County, Florida Lake County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census , the population was 383,956. Its county seat is Tavares , and its largest city
2464-516: The sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients. In addition, it gave doctors "loans" never intending to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies. In late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the United States government $ 631 million, plus interest, and $ 17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $ 250 million paid up to that point to resolve outstanding Medicare expense claims. In all, civil lawsuits cost HCA more than $ 2 billion to settle; at
2520-668: The time, Galen had approximately 90 hospitals. After the purchase, Galen stockholders had 82% of the stock in the combined company, with Scott still running the company. In April 1987, Scott made his first attempt to buy the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). While still a partner at Johnson & Swanson, Scott formed the HCA Acquisition Company with two former executives of Republic Health Corporation, Charles Miller and Richard Ragsdale. With financing from Citicorp conditional on acquisition of HCA,
2576-515: The time, this was the largest fraud settlement in U.S. history. After leaving Columbia/HCA in 1997, Scott launched Richard L. Scott Investments, based in Naples, Florida (originally in Stamford, Connecticut ), which has stakes in health care, manufacturing and technology companies. Between 1998 and 2001, he purchased 50% of CyberGuard Corporation for approximately $ 10 million. Among his investors
2632-693: The time. As of March 2009, Solantic had 24 centers, all in Florida. Solantic was the target of an employment discrimination suit that claimed that there had been a policy to not hire elderly or obese applicants, preferring "mainstream" candidates. It was settled for an undisclosed sum on May 23, 2007. Scott responded to Salon regarding the claims of discrimination pointing out that "currently 53 percent of Solantic's employees are white, 20 percent black and 17 percent Hispanic." In 2003, Scott invested $ 5.5 million in Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacies, which operates drugstores/pharmacies in
2688-488: The world's leading independent designers and manufacturers of heavy-duty drive chain-based products and assemblies for industrial and agricultural applications and precision-engineered augers for agricultural, material handling, construction and related applications. Scott reportedly has an interest in a chain of family fun centers/bowling alleys, S&S Family Entertainment, in Kentucky and Tennessee led by Larry Schmittou ,
2744-403: Was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.75. In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.30% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 23.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 26.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males. The median income for
2800-500: Was 72%, well below the 90% analysts believed he needed to defeat Scott. Scott and Crist met in an October 15 debate held by the Florida Press Association at Broward College . Scott refused to take the stage for seven minutes because Crist had a small electric fan under his lectern. The incident was dubbed "fangate" by media sources such as Politico . On November 4, 2014, Scott and Carlos Lopez-Cantera won
2856-517: Was Metro Nashville finance director David Manning. In 2006, CyberGuard was sold to Secure Computing for more than $ 300 million. In February 2005, Scott purchased Continental Structural Plastics, Inc. (CSP) in Detroit, Michigan . In July 2006, CSP purchased Budd Plastics from ThyssenKrupp , making CSP the largest industrial composites molder in North America. In 2005–2006, Scott provided
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#17327766755902912-481: Was co-founded in 2001 by Scott and Karen Bowling, a former television anchor Scott met after Columbia bought what is now Memorial Hospital in 1995. Solantic opened its first urgent care center in 2002. It provides urgent care services, immunizations, physicals, drug screening, and care for injured workers. The corporation attracts patients who do not have insurance, cannot get appointments with their primary care physicians, or do not have primary care physicians. Solantic
2968-599: Was in the Navy for 29 months, including training. After the Navy, Scott and his wife moved to Kansas City, where he attended college on the G.I. Bill . He graduated in 1975 from the University of Missouri–Kansas City with a bachelor of business administration . He earned a juris doctor degree by working his way through Southern Methodist University . The Texas Bar licensed him to practice law in 1978. Scott made his first foray into business while working his way through college and law school, initially buying and reviving
3024-558: Was insufficient and violated the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a jury trial. The Florida Legislature passed a new statute to comply with Hurst v. Florida , changing the sentencing method to require a 10-juror supermajority for a sentence of death with a life sentence as the alternative. In October 2016 this new sentencing scheme was struck down by the Florida Supreme Court in a 5–2 ruling, which held that
3080-532: Was released to YouTube on April 13. During the primary campaign, Scott's opponent, Bill McCollum , made an issue of Scott's role at Columbia/HCA. Scott countered that the FBI had never targeted him. Marc Caputo of the Miami Herald contended that a 1998 bill sponsored by McCollum would have made it more difficult to prosecute Medicare fraud cases, and was counter to his current views and allegations. Scott won
3136-491: Was reported that Scott's total spending had exceeded $ 83 million and he announced that, having previously said he would not do so, he would invest his own money into the campaign, speculated to be as much as $ 22 million. Crist hoped to draw strong support from Florida's more than 1.6 million registered black voters, an effort that was challenging given his previous political career as a Republican. A September 2014 Quinnipiac University poll revealed his support among black voters
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