Thank you LWV for your always helpful recaps. I do not agree, however, that it was public support that swayed the commissioners on the T2T project. If they had not approved it the optics would have been sooooo bad for Rs who generally claim to love veterans. It was self-preservation; nothing more.
*Please take note!! Candidate April Culbreath is ONE OF THEM. Same as the Slime-Ball Six commissioners currently put in place by the likes of Anthony Pedicini and his buddy, the self-proclaimed “Professional Propagandist” Jennings Lawton DePriest, April Culbreath is being financed by the same developers and BIA as the current Board Of Corrupt Commissioners who we must vote OUT.
One party has run Florida for over 20 years. 7 out of 10 voters vote for this governor, this legislature and most County Commissioners. The only way for change is to VOTE FOR CHANGE.
Between open primary loop holes and good ol boy operatives, no. Elections won't fix our problems. A federal prosecutor once gave me evidence of election tampering in Manatee County. You won't believe who is behind it. I don't know about other counties, just this one. I know "certain votes never reach the Manatee Election Office". This is the truth so help me God.
Also just try to get the SOE office to show your ballot to you AFTER an election. They will tell you they can't because "it is immediately destroyed after counting". Maybe so, but state law requires all voting materials including ballots must be retained for two years, used or not, and have to have a plan and permission to destroy the voting materials including ballots. To destroy your ballot before two years has passed is a crime.
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What a claim to fame... laughable .... Reformed Presbyterian....You can run but you can't hide
Gee sound like any of our commissioners aka the chair
The Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that former Tallahassee mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels misused his position as the mayor's chief of staff to secure a special benefit for others.
Republican Party activist Jennings Lawton DePriest, who filed the complaint, said the ethics commission notified him by phone today of its decision.
The commission found probable cause that Daniels may have violated state ethics law by purchasing campaign email software with city money while he worked for former Mayor Andrew Gillum.
Gillum was the unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for Florida Governor in 2018.
"The violation of public trust by a public official is a serious matter, espeically when that violation involves the misuse of taxpayer dollars for personal political gain," said DePriest, who could not attend today's hearing because of a previous appointment.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/01/25/probable-cause-found-dustin-daniels-ethics-case/2680263002/
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The find is laughable. Just what is "official reprimand" contribute to the Judges reelection. Corrupt all the way to the top of our Judiciary. What a farce to the Citizens that actuality want to protect the environment
My own little edit of that one sentence:
Commission Chair Van Ostenbridge clarified that the (LYING PROPAGANDA) communications being referenced by public speakers were not “OFFICIAL”
Interesting conversation. I applaud Mitch for calling out the military veterans on the BOCC for not standing up for what is right and just doing Beruff's work. Another comment, on Obama and the passing of Obamacare...my brother was able to get health insurance AFTER being diagnosed with cancer, and is currently undergoing chemotherapy thanks to his insurance. It does save lives. Ruth Lawler
Isn't it interesting that Senator Tuberville became famous as a football coach, and VERY RICH, largely on the backs of BLACK athletes!! I think that's spelled H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y!!!!!
We will be broke and broken before we can vote them out and this has happened in less than 3 years- less than 1 year for the new commissioners. We will remember the names that ruined our county and wasted our tax dollars. Next on the chopping block is the Tunnel to Towers project on Oct 10th agenda. Commissioners will look the veterans in the eye as they tout a project from Bearden on Buckeye Road -that is nothing but a sham with a lot of tax-payer dollars wasted, just like this HR thing.
Thank you LWV for your reporting on this important part of our community life. It is good for parents and school taxpayers to know how the comunity's children are educated and how the tax money is spent! Thanks again for so thoroughly covering the issues.
Good for you and your organization Brice. Keep up the fight. Our best hope is for a change in county leadership at the next election. Protection of our fragile marine environment should be of great concern to all of us as it links to our physical and mental health and is crucial to our economy.
Wow... hubris.
New College was already one of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation. They turned out more students that went on to achieve their PHD than any other college in the United States.
Mitch, I just want to point out that the only "expert" the board could pay enough to sign off on what they wanted him to say is no coincidence. This man by his own account is a "China hand" at least that's how he is quoted on Marist.org website. Google "Daniel DeLisi China" and you'll see what I'm talking about. The board uses his report like the Steele dossier, everybody knows its made up baloney but when it's convenient they don't care. Somebody told KVO this is about government over reach, that's a little high for him, but that's what he is saying. He and the others puppets are only acquanted with incompetence, they are over their heads.
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Glenn, these fools lead by KVO, have no conscience or soul. They are straight up amoral hypocrites. They let Daniel DeLisi (google "Dabiel Delisi China") insult all Manatee County residents. It is a historic mistake for short term gain by profiteers, carpetbaggers (Comissioner Taylor now on his forth country) and a win for enemies of America. Just as you say this will snuff out wildlife and impact our environment. It will lead to inevitable property loss by flood for those new developments to be built in flood zone A. It will increase risk to life when we are impacted by a major hurricane in those newly developed wetlands. These dunces will never be held accountable because they will have already made their money (penny's on the millions $ from developers) and booted from the commission. A sad day is coming that makes absolutely no sense and is lead by fools.
Suggest reprinting some gem from Craig Pittman on a regular basis... few are able to leave us chuckling even though being delivered the bad news few will publish...
Thank you for this detailed account of the sleazy money flowing around our BoCC. People need to take this information and act accordingly. This is not a partisan issue, this is straight corruption.
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