I thought about moving there with my business 11 years ago but that state isn't very friendly toward small businesses and they probably have a democrat Gov. to boot like most states with terrible unemployment rates.
Florida hasn't elected a Democrat to the governor's mansion since the 1994 election, just before Jeb Bush. IIRC, it was Lawton Chiles and he was not exactly a liberal Democrat.
I agree with you though that there is a reason why, out of the 4 mega-populous states (CA, TX, NY & FL), Florida lags badly in term of business, esp. Fortune 500 HQs. Their tax and legal structure isn't as good for business as TX, their educational system is not as good for producing highly skilled workers as CA, and they can't attract the globe's most talented people the way NYC does.