Hope,
A significant portion of this city has got their number. I believe it is a matter of time before this democrat party machine gets too greedy or that someone is attacked, physically, which will bring the house of cards down. Of course we do need to be patient, nothing will be accomplished until the corruption in the Department of Justice and the FBI is brought to an end. Then, the whistle blowers and other good citizens will be encouraged to make Tallahassee safe again for men and women of an honest civic nature.

Preston,
It is absurd and laughable that this government of the capital of the third largest state in the Union is also so corrupt. No, not laughable anymore. It has become a gravely serious environment in which anything and everything is up for grabs, for payoffs, for theft. And yet the democrat party machine is so well established, so well entrenched as a corrupting influence that even when presented with the facts, the local newspaper obscures, hides and ignores its responsibility as a free press to sound the alarm. It is simply outrageous.

TBell, Pittman did win. Perhaps not the bid. But he already knows he runs the process. He is laughing all the way to the bank. Let’s see. The insurance company paid him to lobby, we pay him to Lobby as a city lobbyist, and Gillum pays him to “consult”. No loss for him there, only the citizens.

In an ethical arena, only one of those rolls would take place. However, due to him being so “close” to the insiders, no one will challenge him or the process.

All I can say is this is a sad commission, when they are all silent about this type of behavior. We all know that if this was happening on the School Board, everyone would be calling it for what is is, corruption….including the Tallahassee Democrat.

The usual suspects when confronted with their indiscretions always attack the messengers. Why is that? They scream slander, they cry foul, they threaten to sue, they rally their minions and sycophants, then pretend to be in denial.

Instead of simply engaging in a dialogue, answering questions, or explaining their actions they attack which diminishes their credibility even more. So predictable.

Hope, your paranoia is showing. Circling the wagons to protect slander never ends well.

TB,

Attempting to call “witch hunt” shows you must be part or close to this corruption in some way. You fool no one.

There’s nothing inherently wrong or abuse-inviting about a “leadership mayor”.

Lastly, those who look to a national insurance company to select lobbyists with a ‘higher standard’ have an inflated opinion of national insurance companies.