claim: "i started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
author: rick scott
evidence_1: jun 27, 2012 ... as a new fiscal year begins, the latest state budget estimates ... most cases now  have closed) budget gaps totaling $55 billion for fiscal year 2013. (see figure 1.)  these shortfalls were all the more daunting because states' options for ... the  shortfall totals for fiscal year 2013 are smaller than the totals from ...
evidence_2: may 31, 2017 ... the extra funds were derived mostly from additional property tax ... city's april  modification now projects that these revenues will decline by .... with the $3.7  billion budget surplus, the city prepaid fy 2018 ... that can be applied to close the  $3.6 billion budget deficit for fy .... start of fy 2017 to $24.4 billion.
evidence_3: nov 14, 2007 ... our fiscal projections primarily reflect current–law spending requirements .... in  2008–09, we project revenues will climb to $103.5 billion, .... at the start of 2008– 09, we project the state will have about a $20 billion .... the remaining $3.7 billion  from deficit–financing bonds as authorized by voters in 2004.
evidence_4: aug 30, 2018 ... ... its largest budget reserve in a decade — but $1.2 billion doesn't go as far as ...  state government ran up $6.1 billion in budget surpluses between 2000 ... $1.4  billion in 2008, an amount equal to 8 percent of operating costs at that time. ... still  were on pace for a record-setting $3.7 billion deficit in 2011-12.
evidence_5: may 28, 2010 ... so i caution you that things could change at any moment, as we ... 1, stanford is  projecting a surplus of $84.5 million on $3.8 billion in ... etchemendy presented a  largely optimistic look at the budget for fiscal 2011, which begins on sept. ... a  surplus of $151 million on $3.7 billion in revenues, $3.5 billion in ...