CRESTVIEW — Gov. Rick Scott’s only Okaloosa County campaign stop will be next week in Crestview. Local members of the North Okaloosa Republican Club are helping coordinate the visit.
“It’s his ‘Let’s Keep Working’ bus tour,” club President J.B. Whitten said. “He’ll be coming in along with the lieutenant governor.”
Whitten said in addition to Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, other members of Scott’s administration, including Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, might also be at the Sept. 11 Crestview event.
Though Jack Reid, Scott’s regional political director, liked Warriors Hall when Whitten gave him a tour of local venues, Scott’s campaign headquarters vetoed using the municipal auditorium in favor of a business location.
Holding the campaign stop at a local car dealership better suited the tour’s “Let’s Keep Working” theme, and also prevented the perception of the city providing support for a political campaign, Whitten said.
Whitten said the only drawback to the Lee Buick GMC dealership venue was the 3:30 p.m. event time coincides with the start of evening rush hour traffic on State Road 85 in front of the business.
“It’s absolutely the worst time to be on Ferdon Boulevard,” Whitten said.
WANT TO GO?
WHAT: Gov. Rick Scott Crestview campaign stop
WHEN: 3:30 p.m. Sept. 11
WHERE: Lee GMC Buick, 4300, S. Ferdon Blvd.
COST: Free
NOTES:This will be the governor’s only stop in Okaloosa County during his bus campaign tour
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