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IS THERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

I'm glad to see a Miami federal judge has declared unconstitutional Gov.  Rick Scott's order requiring drug testing for state workers.  Scott's costly drug testing policy for Floridians on welfare was also a disaster, and thankfully that too was found unconstitutional and has ended.

In that debacle, according to the figures from the state, 108 of 4,086 workers tested positive ( 2.6 percent of those tested ) and the most common reason was marijuana use.  The cost to the taxpayers was $118,140.

Isn't it about time we take a look at the 800-pound gorilla in the room here? Our governor signed over controlling shares of his interest in a company that performs drug testing to his wife right before he was sworn in as our governor, which raises the question: Is Scott interested in Florida having more sober state employees and welfare recipients, or in personal gain?

ROBERT SULLIVAN, New Smyrna Beach