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Monday, January 3, 2011

South Florida Business Journal: Florida grand jury issues report on public corruption |

Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:06am EST

After 10 months of hearing testimony, a Florida grand jury looking released a report that outlines a series of changes designed to crack down on politicians and government employees who commit crimes.

The grand jury, presided over by Broward County Chief Judge Victor Tobin, was created in February at the request of Gov. Charlie Crist after numerous arrests of politicians. It recommends, among other things:
  • Expanding the definition of public employees to include private employees contracted by government entities that perform government services.
  • Creating sentencing enhancements for offenses committed by officials who use their public position to facilitate their crimes.
  • Creating an independent State Office of Inspector General, responsible for hiring and firing agency Inspectors General.
  • Expanding definition of criminal bid tampering to include bid-rigging schemes.
  • Authorizing the Ethics Commission to initiate investigations with a super majority vote of commission members.
The grand jury asked that lawmakers address its concerns during the 2011 legislative session.

The problem is that the GOP has been running Florida for 12 consecutive years and a new Republican governor is about to be inaugurated.

Why didn't the cleueless Democrats run an anti-incumbency of anti-corruption campaign in the 2010 election cycle?

The chairman of the Florida Democratic party, Karen Thurman,  is now gone. We need some one with Cojones grandes or Cuca grandas.

Alan Grayson comes to mind because Florida Democrats need to be inspired perhaps with a swift kick in the ass!

To read the rest of the story: see http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2010/12/30/florida-grand-jury-issues-report-on.html

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