
Of course, Ron’s not the first governor to be lavished with extraordinary corporate largess in ultra-exclusive locales. When Rick Scott was governor, U.S. Sugar whisked Scott, former Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam and other Florida Republican bigwigs, off to the very exclusive hunting preserve the company leases in Texas on the grounds of the legendary King Ranch. (Inspiration for “Giant,” Edna Ferber’s novel and the 1956 movie starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson. Which is exactly why, when someone mentions Rick Scott, I think of James Dean.) The preserve has been described as “one of the premier game areas in North America. Many people consider it the best white-tailed deer and bobwhite quail hunting, period.”