FLORIDA'S SHAME: 10 Years as the Most Politically Corrupt State in the USA!
Tom Sr.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113816661
* Fla. Gov. Seeks Inquiry Into 'Culture Of Corruption' *
by Greg Allen
October 15, 2009
A recent string of arrests of public officials in Florida has led Gov.
Charlie Crist to ask for a special grand jury. It will examine whether
Florida has, as the governor suggests, a "culture of corruption."
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
In Florida, a string of charges brought against local and state
officials has lead Governor Charlie Crist to ask for a grand jury
investigation into political corruption. From Miami, NPR's Greg Allen
reports.
GREG ALLEN: Illinois and former Governor Rob Blagojevich had grabbed
the headlines; in New Jersey, an investigation involving mayors,
rabbis and trafficking in body parts has sensation; but in terms of
day-in day-out arrests on charges of influence peddling, Norman Ostrau
at Florida Atlantic University's Public Ethics Academy says it's hard
to beat the Sunshine State.
Mr. NORMAN OSTRAU (Florida Atlantic University Public Ethics Academy):
Over the past ten years, federal public corruption convictions,
Florida was number one.
ALLEN: Where do we begin? Last month, three officials in Broward
County were arrested for steering contracts and on money laundering
charges. That was two years after the county sheriff in Broward served
prison time on corruption charges.
Around that same time, in neighboring Palm Beach County, five city and
county officials pleaded guilty to similar charges. Then there's a
former state House speaker forced to resign and now standing trial for
perjury.
Corruption is as much a part of Florida as orange juice and theme
parks, which is why Governor Charlie Crist says he's asking the State
Supreme Court to empanel a special grand jury.
Governor CHARLIE CRIST (Republican, Florida): To investigate these
types of crimes, return indictments, provide specific recommendations
to address the fundamental problems within the system that may be in
fact cultivating a culture of corruption.
ALLEN: One of the most recent political corruption cases could involve
the governor himself. Two weeks ago, the FBI arrested Alan Mendelsohn,
a prominent south Florida eye doctor and Republican fundraiser who
worked on Crist's transition team after Crist was elected governor in
2006.
The governor is now running for the Senate and hopes to leave office
next year for Washington after less than one term. At his news
conference, Crist was asked about his ties to Mendelsohn.
Gov. CRIST: It doesn't center around any one case at all. Since I have
been governor, unfortunately, I've had to remove over 30 people from
public office -that's almost one a month. And it's obvious to me that
something's wrong with the system.
ALLEN: Skeptics say a grand jury investigation effectively takes the
issue of public corruption off the table for a year or more, while
Crist pursues his Senate run. But Ostrau, with Florida Atlantic
University, is hopeful.
Mr. OSTRAU: Whatever the governor's reason for doing this, the result
puts an emphasis on the issue and it might raise some concern with
some legislators to come back and deal with it.
ALLEN: Ten years ago, another Florida Republican governor, Jeb Bush,
convened a task force to look at public corruption with few results.
The legislature mostly ignored the taskforce recommendations.
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Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami.
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Patriot Games
<tomswif...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113816661
>* Fla. Gov. Seeks Inquiry Into 'Culture Of Corruption' *
>A recent string of arrests of public officials in Florida has led Gov.
>Charlie Crist to ask for a special grand jury. It will examine whether
>Florida has, as the governor suggests, a "culture of corruption."
>officials has lead Governor Charlie Crist to ask for a grand jury
>investigation into political corruption. From Miami, NPR's Greg Allen
>reports.
>Over the past ten years, federal public corruption convictions,
>Florida was number one.
You said: "FLORIDA'S SHAME: 10 Years as the Most Politically Corrupt
State in the USA!"
Truth: "Over the past ten years, federal public corruption
CONVICTIONS, Florida was number one."
Which means in Florida we PUNISH corruption and elsewhere the
DemocRATS REWARD and SUPPORT corruption.
Try again, Nappy Da Homo.
Bob
news:b0jud5d9hde66dqme...@4ax.com...
The three most politically corrupt states are
Louisiana, Illinois and New Jersey.
Patriot Games
I'd bet that's true!
Tom Sr.
> The three most politically corrupt states are
> Louisiana, Illinois and New Jersey.
What is your citation for this claim?
-Tom Sr.
Christopher Helms
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:16:16 -0700 (PDT), "Tom Sr."
>
Charlie Crist is gay. You know that, right?
Tom Sr.
> You said: "FLORIDA'S SHAME: 10 Years as the Most Politically Corrupt
> State in the USA!"
> Truth: "Over the past ten years, federal public corruption
> CONVICTIONS, Florida was number one."
> Which means in Florida we PUNISH corruption and elsewhere the
> DemocRATS REWARD and SUPPORT corruption.
Cite proof of your claim, Games.
You cannot because the article I quoted, in full, stated nothing of
the sort.
As I have repeatedly noted in the past, it is blatantly obvious you
have a very low level of reading comprehension, Bob Milby Jr. of
Clearwater, Flordia.
> Try again
Try again, Junior.
Why do you continue to try to argue your irrational "logic" with me,
when you know I will only prove you for the fool that you are?
-Tom Sr.
Ice Cream too?
> ----------http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113816661
isn't that where paytriot gaymes lives? if so, it figures - what with
jeb bush, charlie crist, etc! those nasty bastard neocons!
Tom Sr.
wrote:
> isn't that where paytriot gaymes lives?
It sure is! A perfect example of ignoring the log in one's own eye by
Bob Milby, Jr.
> if so, it figures - what with jeb bush, charlie crist, etc!
> those nasty bastard neocons!
Oh, and just to pre-empty him here, Mr. Ice Cream Too, let me post
this yet again. (I've lost count of how many times I have explained
this to him in the past year now!):
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YOU ARE THE PROVEN FRAUD, yet again, Patriot Games.
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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics/msg/36a3a8ad51c24475?hl=en&dmode=source
> From: yourWorst <graverobber...@yahoo.com> [etc.]
On Aug 5, 8:48 am, "Tom Sr." <tomswiftsen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 5:00 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote:
> > Fraud reported toGoogle:
> --
> You're the PROVEN FRAUD. (Yes, you, Patriot Games!)
> You're the PROVEN LIAR. (Yes, you, Bob Milby Jr.!)
> As I have informed you repeatedly, LIAR, this is *not* "Fraud" and
> itis *not* an abuse of Google's Terms of Service.
> Here is the link once again. I know you have NOT yet read these ToS,
> Games.
> :
> http://groups.google.com/intl/en/googlegroups/terms_of_service3.html
> :
> You continue to prove how extremely stupid you are, Bob Milby Jr.,
> thinking that somehow people will "believe" your repeatedly PROVEN
> LIE.
> Especially when you *know* I will come and kick you fucking dumb ass
> with proof what a LIAR you are -- AGAIN.
> You *never* learn, Games!
> -Tom Sr.
Are you so stupid you cannot learn even the most basic of facts
repeatedly taught you, Junior?
Or do you just really enjoy being A PUBLICLY PROVEN LIAR?
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Do you think, Mr. Too, that silly Games will be really stupid enough
to post *yet again* HIS LIE that your use of Google Groups is
"fraudulent"?!
(Oh, dear. Maybe Junior won't understand that previous sentence of
mine. Games has also show repeatedly he does NOT understand the use
of quotation marks in the English language!)
-Tom Sr.
Patriot Games
Prove it...