The former commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has called governor Scott a liar. He didnt mince any words or read from a press statement. He just called him a liar. * ▪ Scott’s campaign, run by his new chief of staff Melissa Sellers, asked Bailey to take part in a June conference call to discuss “the governor’s platform for the next four years.” Bailey considered it wrong for him, as a law enforcement officer, to engage in partisan politics and emails show he refused. On Tuesday, Scott’s chief spokeswoman, Jackie Schutz, said: “Obviously, FDLE did the right thing.” ▪ Bailey complained to Scott’s chief counsel, Pete Antonacci, that he was receiving solicitations to donate money to Scott’s re-election on his state computer. When he complained to Antonacci, Bailey said he was told, “Just delete it.” It’s illegal in Florida to destroy public records. Scott’s office said no state employees received email solicitations unless they gave an email address to the campaign, which Bailey said he didn’t do. ▪ In March 2014, the Republican Party, on Scott’s behalf, tried to send FDLE a check for $90,000 to cover the costs of transporting Scott campaign workers in state vehicles to ensure that no state cars were used for campaign purposes. FDLE refused the money, saying it had no legal authority to do so and that it was inappropriate to accept money from a political party. The check was dated March 4, 2014, and was voided a week later, the Republican Party’s campaign finance database shows. Scott’s office said a new check for $90,151.50 was written to the state general revenue fund in April. “We properly reimbursed the state,” Schutz said. “Everything was paid for properly.” ▪ FDLE agents in southwest Florida rejected requests by Scott’s campaign that they transport Meghan Collins, a campaign staffer assigned to First Lady Ann Scott. The agency said it is responsible for transporting the governor and first lady, not campaign workers. Collins, now chief spokeswoman for the Department of Education, did not respond to a request for comment.* Read more here: miamiherald/news/state/florida/article6351012.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:21:47 +0000
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