Whatever your opinion may be of Gov. Rick Scott, he has been consistent. He campaigned on a platform of cutting government spending, and voters have gotten it since he’s been in office. In the face of the Florida Department of Corrections recent request for $59 million to reopen nine closed prisons and work camps around the state – including the Santa Rosa Work Camp in Milton – we urge the governor to hold firm in his fiscal convictions. As reported Thursday by the Tampa Bay Times’ Steve Bousquet: “The new request is based on a July forecast from the state Criminal Justice Estimating Conference showing that even as the crime rate continues to drop, new admissions to the prison system are rising. They are projected to increase by 2.7 percent next year and 1.4 percent the following year, requiring more than 1,000 new prison beds. The current inmate population is about 101,000.”