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The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.–Hugo Black The following was sent to JC Lowe and Steve Marks on July 1st, 2016: We are coming upon the anniversary of this nation’s independence. It is the time to rejoice in the
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In the face of an active investigation of his misuse and misappropriation of LET funds, Sir David shamelessly boasts about his fleecing the county on Facebook. This is an attempt to deceive the public into believing that what he did is lawful. However, if it was 100% above board, would the State Attorney be investigating
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Escambia County Resident Clark Yates picked up the gauntlet and sent certified letters out detailing the fraudulent activity of the Sheriff and ambivalent Board of Commissioners to Bill Eddins, Rick Scott and Pam Bondi. This has been done before by myself and many others–never to any avail, but Mr. Yates got a follow-up call from
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In the past few weeks, there has been a growing concern throughout the community regarding the shameless spending of LET funds under this Sheriff’s discretion–more importantly the vexation by citizens about the legality of the LET disbursements. Will these organizations getting huge checks from the Sheriff have to give the money back at some point,
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Over the last year, I have had many deputies come to me in fear of speaking out themselves. They have been sources for my posts and have had to be cloaked in the shadows because of the threat of losing pensions, job security, and an unbelievably hostile work environment. Today that changes. One deputy
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All I can say is that the numbers tell the story. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: Florida Ethics Commission-Full Disclosure So to recap: Something is rotten in the overall numbers but particularly the ones in red.



