Scott heckler voting for Crist
by Dara Kam | October 28th, 2010A heckler interrupted Rick Scott’s stump speech in Melbourne this morning for the first time since the GOP gubernatorial candidate kicked off a week-long sweep of the state leading up to Tuesday’s election.
Joseph Concannon didn’t have far to go to voice his dissatisfaction with Scott. Concannon works at Buz’s Automotive repair shop next door to That Little Restaurant where Scott’s caravan made a brief stop.
Scott ignored the interruption as he introduced one of his two daughters to a small gathering of supporters.
“Does she know you’re a crook? We do,” Concannon yelled.
Concannon said he was referring to the $1.7 billion fine Columbia/HCA paid to the federal government for Medicare and Medicaid fraud shortly after Scott was forced out as CEO of the hospital chain he founded.
Concannon was on a cell phone talking to his wife, Stephanie Hosala, a member of the local Democratic Executive Committee. He said she didn’t ask him to come to Scott’s event but he went over to voice his opinion when he saw Scott’s bus arrive.
Concannon conferred with his wife when asked who he backs in the U.S. Senate race.
“Charlie Crist,” he answered.
When asked why he wasn’t voting for U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democrat vying with independent Crist for his party’s votes, Concannon repeated the answer his spouse apparently gave him.
“Meek is so far behind he doesn’t have a chance,” the Palm Bay resident said.
Tags: 2010 campaigns, 2010 elections, Alex Sink, Charlie Crist, Florida governor's race, Kendrick Meek, Rick Scott
October 28th, 2010 at 11:35 am
How does this man answer question when his wifey doesn’t answer the phone? We know who wears the pants in “his” family!
October 28th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Way to go, Joe! And your wife is pretty smart too.
October 28th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Mr. Scott was NOT prosecuted for any wrong-doing! His health care corporation – like hundreds of others – was caught-up in the intricate web of federal rules about billing issues. His corporation repaid the errors, paid the associate penalty, and the case was closed!
Mr. Concannon and his wife clearly have no idea of reality when it comes to Rick Scott!
October 28th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
It is time to unite to stop the extreme far right Rubio.
Crist is not perfect but he is the only viable option.
October 28th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Just because Scott was not prosecuted doesn’t mean he wasn’t aware of what was happening. Why did he plead the 5th during his deposition? He was the CEO, so if he really didn’t know, then he is just plain ignorant and still a terrible choice to run this state.
October 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
And that’s how you report the news, with a guess as to what his wife apparently told him stated as a fact? What a rag the PBPost has become!
October 28th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Stephanie Hosala is telling her robot of a husband that she and other Democrats are being held hostage by the first past the post electoral system so they have to quiver and vote for Charlie Crist. If we doesn’t want to be held hostage next time so she can vote her hope not her fear, she should have finished her instructions by saying we need Instant Runoff Voting.
October 28th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
You folks call it dishonest to defend yourself at a depositon? Was he charged with any criminal wrongdoing? No, but nevermind you liberals out there. I suppose you have no problem with Sink hanging out with an insurance lobbyist. Scott will prevail come Tuesday. Like her husband she will go down in defeat.
I’m for Rick Scott, Florida’s only choice.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Interesting how the Alex Sink story on this page is a cutesy, self-depricating story about a little old lady who thinks Sink is prettier in person then on TV, and the Scott story gives the Post an opportunity to re-hash the fraud allegations at Columbia/HCA. If Scott saved a kid at the zoo from getting mauled by a tiger, the Post’s story would say that Scott stole a poor animal’s lunch. The fourth estate has become the fifth column for the DNC.
Re-elect no one. Flip the House.
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October 28th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
We had been wondering whether or not Stephanie Hosala knew about Orbiting Joe’s down low dark side! how do you think he got to support ole Green Iguana CharLIE? Amazing how ones sex life brings more political power than anything else. The down low’s support CharLIE Crist because as you know he flip flops on that too! Too bad Meek is a much better person for the dems to support but he don’t go for that chet!
October 29th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
First of all, obviously, I was on the phone with my wife long before I was approached by this reporter. The reporter asked if I was part of the DEC, Im not, but my wife is, who I just happen to be on the phone with…. not to respond to a reporter, but to tell her about the events unfolding behind my place of business. Im voting for Crist, and confirmed with my wife that she still was too. Funny how just last night there was speculation about Meek stepping down to support Crist. The FACTS about Rick Scott’s business dealings as CEO, is what he’s running on. If you want more Bush era crooks and liars running our state, good luck with that! Sink will slide into victory on the 2nd.