Scott puts Buzzett in charge

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott appointed Billy Buzzett as the state's newest Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) this week.

Buzzett is the former vice president of strategic planning at St. Joe Co., with 25 years of civil engineering experience on his resume. He also has experience in the public sector, having served previously as an administrative law judge, as associate general counsel for former Gov, Bob Martinez, and as executive director of the 1998 Constitutional Revision Commission.

“Billy is focused on helping me make government smaller, less intrusive and consistent with efforts to increase investments in Florida and spur job creation. I am pleased that Billy has agreed to take on this critically important assignment,” Scott said in a statement.