Comments on: Response from Mayor’s Office on Software Purchase Raises More Questions

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:55:53 +0000

In reply to News_Maven. As both a Conservative (I have zero respect for RINOs and the Establishment Republicans) and someone who worked for years at the FL Dept. of Agriculture, I would have a hard time voting for Mr. Putnam. I always got the impression (as did many of us) that the Agriculture Department was only a stepping stone in his political career. However, if it comes down to voting for Gillum or Adam Putnam for governor, I regard keeping Gillum out of any political office at all my highest priority, just as I regarded keeping Hillary Clinton out of the White House as the highest priority. Essentially, Gillum, Clinton, and obama are all cut from the same hard-left cloth.

By: News_Maven

News_Maven — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:02:49 +0000

In reply to Mike.

And I have a slogan for Adam Putnam’s gubernatorial campaign:
“If you liked Barack Obama, you’ll LOVE Andrew Gillum!”

By the way, let me throw out an somewhat unrelated issue:
WHY are there little piles of tree debris from last fall’s Hurricane Hermine STILL waiting to be picked up along our roads?

Sounds like a better use of taxpayer money than some redundant software.

By: MT

MT — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:12:16 +0000

Hard to understand how this could be considered acceptable.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:24:25 +0000

I have an unoriginal but entirely appropriate slogan for Mr. Gillum’s future campaign: “Gillum For Prison 2017”.
As I recall, the same slogan worked like a charm on Hillary’s campaign.

By: Old Cop

Old Cop — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:18:09 +0000

The use of public funds for personal benefit is a violation of the city charter and state law. This is what we created the city board of ethics for, to investigate and prosecute ethics violations.
If the board is worth anything, they need to initiate an investigation on the mayor.and show the citizens their worth.
They are supposed to be independent from city control, we are about to see.

By: Mr. Curious

Mr. Curious — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:38:10 +0000

Clearly this is not something the city should be condoning. I find it questionable at best to say the city commission itself should be holding the Mayor accountable for this expenditure. I’m not the smartest person in the world, but when something doesn’t look or smell right, it probably isn’t.
I still hold the question, how does one go about dethroning the king, excuse me, a Mayor? Time for him and other city cronies to go. Can’t wait for elections any more.

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:18:20 +0000

CLEARLY the mayor misused his position and tax dollars for his own personal political agenda. CLEARLY THE MAYOR SHOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY!

The mayor should reimburse the taxpayers and CLEARLY Dustin Daniels should resign, also. Who else participated in this misuse (criminal act?)?

There needs to be an investigation as to the degree of this incident. Does it rise to the level of felonious criminal activity, RICO, etc?

By: Franklin Thompson

Franklin Thompson — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:47:46 +0000

In reply to Frances Powell. It's too late for that. I had a good friend dismissed after 19 years with the city for doing the same thing...just different type of purchases.

By: Bill Carlton

Bill Carlton — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:19:56 +0000

Thanks for keep us informed!

By: BEC

BEC — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 02:43:18 +0000

Andy’s Chief of Staff is a HACK just like him!