Crist inspector general finds no meat in ‘Wafflegate’
by Dara Kam | February 5th, 2010Gov. Charlie Crist’s inspector general found Transportation Department Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos did no wrong by using breakfast words as subject lines in e-mails dealing with the controversial SunRail project.
And IG Melinda Miguel also cleared the department of any wrongdoing by not providing e-mails on the SunRail deal to Sen. Paula Dockery until after Crist’s open government office was brought in.
“No evidence was found to suggest that any Department official intentionally withheld documents in violation of the law,” Miguel wrote in her 45-page report. “To the contrary, evidence shows that an unintentional, human error occurred during the initial public records request.”
Kopelousos and her aides insisted that they used the words “Pancakes” and “waffles” in subject lines to draw attention to the messages about the rail deal out of the thousands that the secretary receives daily.
Tags: Charlie Crist, FDOT, Florida Department of Transportation, Paula Dockery, Stephanie Kopelousos, Wafflegate
February 5th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Why does this not surprise anyone! Crist culture of corruption finds nothing wrong with anything corrupt!
February 7th, 2010 at 8:01 am
Trust me, the unintentional, human error was what the bosses wanted. Some compliant staffer sought the tacit approval from the higher ups or acted to curry favor with the powers that be, knowing this “mistake” would aid the administration in its efforts. That’s exactly how it works, most often, in the state bureaucracies.