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Florida’s jobs czar is resigning amid scrutiny over his choice to accept unemployment compensation.

Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Hunting Deutsch accepted the unemployment payments after he was lost his bank job several years ago, and before taking his post at DEO. Recent reports claim Deutsch was vacationing in Europe at the same time he was collecting state benefits. Senate President Don Gaetz says Deutsch’s decision to resign was the right one, and the governor needs to do a better job vetting his replacement.

“The vetting process in that situation is not subject to senate confirmation, so I would hope that the governor would be very careful and Secretary Swoope would be very careful about a replacement,” said Gaetz.

DEO was created by Governor Rick Scott in late 2011 to push his jobs agenda. This is the second secretary of the department to step down since its creation.