First, I don’t care about Gillum. I haven’t voted for him. What I care about is that the law enforcement became a big noise producer instead of a substance producer recently. Clinton’s email investigation with nothing at the end. Trump’s Russia probe with nothing at the end. Gillum case with nothing to show for it. I see a trend and it worries me.

Second, I prefer to be convinced by the facts. For example, the same way I was convinced that Scott Maddox is a crook. Your statement “he is guilty and everyone knows it” is not a fact. It’s only your belief. Which is clearly incorrect because “everybody” (thanks God!) is not equivalent to “everybody in the fanatical MAGA crowd”. The facts were presented at the trial. Here is what I learned:

1. All payments in question came after Gillum had resigned as a mayor to run for another office in accordance with the law (compare this to a recent one-man exception to the same law for a current Emperor of Florida). At that time, Gillum was a private citizen employed by P&P and getting paid by P&P. Where is a crime?

2. His P&P payments were reported in his income for IRS as there were no tax charges against him. Where is a crime?

3. All payments in question came from a single source – billionaire Donald Sussman. There were no taxpayer money, no defrauded old lady who gave her last $20 to a campaign fund. Nothing of this sort. Gillum has met Sussman who knowingly and willfully gave his own money to Gillum’s non-profits as grants. I may be zealous that he gave his money to him and not me but where is a crime?

4. All non-profits – progressive, conservative or neutral – are about getting money from their donors and spending money on their cause. Including payments to their employees and vendors. Only unicorn believers think they use non-paid volunteers only. Gillum got grants from Sussman and spent part of them on his salary as agreed with the donor. I can relate to this because I also bring multi-million federal grants to Tallahassee, and part of these grants cover a fraction of my salary. Where is a crime?

I followed the trial closely because of the last point. My disappointment in FBI is not due to a Gillum persona. I don’t like it when they single out somebody for whatever sinister purpose to bring charges for doing what is apparently perfectly legal and done everywhere.

Having personally served on an openly biased jury, I’d like to know what was the racial makeup of the jurors and especially the eight jurors who wrote that letter for the Tallahassee Democrat? I was one of those jurors who had to draw the line in the trial I served. It’s an extremely relevant question in our super charged racial culture of today.

The prosecution presented a very weak case after all these years. Was that intentional?

In a sane world, and at a minimum, Gillum would have been arrested, tried and convicted for illegal drug use and solicitation of prostitution. But that’s a badge of honor nowadays in our insane world.

Only because the nonprofits who gave the money and don’t care that Gillium misused the funds on himself and not his campaign doesn’t mean he’s innocent, he is guilty and everyone knows. He was able to get away with it. They should go back and audit the nonprofits, prosecute them, and shut them down. Just because you have jurors who won’t do the right thing doesn’t mean you’re innocent.

The next gubernatorial primary there will be Gillum and DAILEY (and neither one will be able to secure the nomination). When it comes down to it they both take campaign contributions meant for taxpayers. DAILEY misuses them on the front end and Gillum misuses them on the back end.

That story would be a page-turner…so to speak.

Just sayin’.