Comments on: Sink: ‘breakfasting’ DOT officials should resign

By: Polk Voice — Blog — LakelandLocal.com - Breakfast with DOT

Polk Voice — Blog — LakelandLocal.com - Breakfast with DOT — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:52:37 +0000

[...] we find Kopelousos and another top DOT official, Kevin Thibault, using goofy comfort food codewords like “french toast” and “pancakes” in the… related to controversial elements of the CSX deal. This would, critics say, help them avoid [...]

By: Breakfast with DOT

Breakfast with DOT — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:24:45 +0000

[...] provide public service. But I expected them to somewhat competently sell out their state to CSX. Instead, we find Kopelousos and another top DOT official, Kevin Thibault, using goofy comfort food … This would, critics say, help them avoid detection when public records requests sought to search [...]

By: theloneconsumer

theloneconsumer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:21:09 +0000

After Crist took his Atty General counsel with him, and created a duplication of the Atty general’s duties in his Governor’s “Open Gvt” commission, I find this commical.
MCCullom is saying to the State, let Crist explain this problem and defend his DOT pick.
As Pat Gleason REFUSED to do for me, when I asked for PSC emails and GC Harold McLean’s “missing computer” (2003) when he left the PSC after my Fla Bar complaint, Gleason’s own office refused to push the matter.
Only when the General Counsel atty general Gleason in 2003-5 was given emails from the Ethics commission from her own Attys Bogan and Peterman that they fixed things for PSC lila Jaber, but she still refused.
Basically, Jaber first Ethics commission complaint that she changed staff rec drafts before hearings without other comimssioners knowing. They included SPECIFIC emails from staff attys and HERSELF from a PSC record request by Supra, a phone company challenging Bellsouth’s (Marshall Criser helped Jaber move into her new home FDLE complaint and investigation) now AT&T deals.

What you should be looking into? The GAMING of investigations by gatekeeper GOP friends of Crist and Jeb…The Advocate office reviews the Ethics commission investigations. Then Bogan and Peterman provide the Ethics comission panel review board with a determination for their VOTE…
McCullom has his own skeletons in the closet…These men are still working for him, now.

By: Grand jury sought on DOT “Wafflegate” | Post on Politics

Grand jury sought on DOT “Wafflegate” | Post on Politics — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:49:41 +0000

[...] The code words prompted Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, a Democrat running for governor, to ask Kopelousos and Thibault to resign. [...]

By: mikey

mikey — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:02:17 +0000

WHY ALL THE FUSS??????? the DOT needs Right of Way for the rail, of course they have to pay for it. using the existing RR R/W is much faster and easier than to create their own for the sunrail.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:59:55 +0000

Anyone surprised? This is just the next government ripoff of the tax paying public, to benefit wealthy special interest groups.

Demand a Federal investigation of this obvious corruption.

By: stu bum

stu bum — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:51:40 +0000

cink is right…the problem is after her request….all will go away…..someone needs to stay on it and make sure IT HAPPENS!

By: Pjay

Pjay — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:24:35 +0000

Throw them out of office and IMPRISON THEM!!

This is CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS!!

By: alice

alice — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:33:48 +0000

“Alex Sink’s record as a banker is clear – millions for her own pockets, thousands laid off from their jobs and taxpayers bailing out her subprime mortgages. It’s no wonder she won’t talk about it.”

By: DOT Secretary says pancakes got her attention | Post on Politics

DOT Secretary says pancakes got her attention | Post on Politics — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:06:01 +0000

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By: Mark E. Schmidter

Mark E. Schmidter — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:46:47 +0000

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” – Edward R. Murrow

Join “Campaign for Liberty” We must stop this spending.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:36:21 +0000

Why do you think Warren Buffet invested in rails?!!!

More robbery from the taxpayers.

Vote in the next elections!

No more TAXERS and SPENDERS!

By: Crist Organized Corruption

Crist Organized Corruption — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:20:54 +0000

Since the FDOT bigshots work directly under the Governor’s direction. I do not remember voting in the crooked leaders of the FDOT. I do remember voting against a crook who was subsequently elected Governor of Florida. Crits appears to be a magnet of the corrupt deal cutters. Anyone who gets close to him is eventually indicted or arrested for some crime. This culture of corruption has spread all over the state. Any agency that comes under the jurisdiction of the Governor knows they are free to do as they please because their actions will not be investigated and will actually be covered up by these organized crooks.
Hopefully the Feds are looking into all this corruption before more people have to move out of state to get away from it.

By: jane

jane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:16:52 +0000

OOPS! Need to correct – the motto is PAY TO PLAY

By: jane

jane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:15:43 +0000

Does it surprise anyone that the politicians’ motto is PLAY TO PAY. The problem is with the citizenry who choose to forget these shenanigans on election day.
Crist is a fiscal terrorist!

By: mlrh

mlrh — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:34:52 +0000

Well, Duhhh, they knew exactly what they
were doing. If the state had any balls,
it would just take the money back, but
we all know they won’t. You’ll never hear another word about any kind of equity in this.

By: WHAT BILL???

WHAT BILL??? — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:53 +0000

Wait???? CSX “played a major role in crafting the legislation.” How can that be???? I recall those who were pushing this bill in the Senate telling anyone who questioned the CSX deal: “This is not a CSX bill.”