Church co-founded, led by Rick Scott gives aid to Immokalee’s farmworkers

By JONATHAN FOERSTER, AARON HALE
Naples Daily News
Posted July 31, 2010 at 5 p.m.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jul ... d-immokal/

NAPLES — If you’ve seen Rick Scott’s ubiquitous TV ads, then you’re probably familiar with the themes he has taken on the road with his stump speech.

He talks about his record creating jobs, about coming up from nothing to building one of the largest employers in the country and about his firm stance against illegal immigration.

But a huge component of that speech is something he doesn’t mention much on TV — his faith. Born into a Methodist family and now a trustee at a growing nondenominational church in Naples that he helped found in 2006, religion is as much a part of Scott’s political foundation as is his disdain of government regulations.

“I don’t think you can separate the two,â€