Who knew? The Florida Attorney Generals Office has an entire website dedicated to the complex and compelling issues of rooting out public corruption. Honest, I seen it. What a HOOT!
Apparently somewhere along the way someone (or someones actually) thought that things were a little slippery from an ethical perpective down here in the swampy muck called Florida….and then someone (gasp!) thought (for just a moment) that maybe someone should do something about it…..just take a little sample from the appetizer menu:
On November 30, 2009, Governor Charlie Crist filed a petition requesting that a Statewide Grand Jury be convened in order to ” examine and evaluate public policy issues regarding public corruption and develop specific recommendations regarding improving current laws.” On December 2, 2009, the Florida Supreme Court issued an Order to convene the Nineteenth Statewide Grand Jury for the purpose of investigating crimes, returning indictments, and making presentments.
When you’re done there…move along to the salad course….
And if you want to learn how all your elected leaders just ignored all of this, read press accounts here
Here’s the docket to the Florida Supreme Court
Thanks Matt for this information. And thanks to former Gov. Charlie Crist for requesting that a Statewide Grand Jury be convened. Our current governor would never do so.
4/30/2012 Monday.
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Hi, this is the Florida attorney general office, I am returning a call you left us a message on on corruption wondered whether we have given up on public corruption. I am going by our office, we have no jurisdiction over public corruption. If you are referring to about the 19th statewide grand jury public corruption let me tell you that was a special circumstance involving statewide prosecutor as a Council to the statewide prosecutor grand jury but that term has finished it actually finished in 2011. So by law we no longer we have no longer any jurisdiction over corruption if you need our assistance please contact our office at 866-966-7226. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
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4/30/2012 Monday.
Message sent 4:45 pm save message from 850-414-8390 52 second
Hi, this is the Florida attorney general office, I am returning a call you left us a message on on corruption wondered whether we have given up on public corruption. I am going by our office, we have no jurisdiction over public corruption. If you are referring to about the 19th statewide grand jury public corruption let me tell you that was a special circumstance involving statewide prosecutor as a Council to the statewide prosecutor grand jury but that term has finished it actually finished in 2011. So by law we no longer we have no longer any jurisdiction over corruption if you need our assistance please contact our office at 866-966-7226. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
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