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Abby Prentiss

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May 17, 2007
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From WZEP 1460AM

Walton Commissioner Scott Brannon made a statement about what he calls lies, threats and attacks and said he will no longer sit idly with his hands tied behind his back. Brannon said he can admit he was wrong and made a mistake.



Brannon read from a statement and said cooperation with Suzanne Harris is doing exactly what she says. He said Harris sued the county and has used the press at every opportunity, though the commissioners have a policy to not talk about pending litigation. Brannon read a statement he had certified that made allegations against Harris. He also took a lie detector test and provided statements about the results.



The commissioner said he tried to reach out to Suzanne Harris as a commissioner and a TDC member in an attempt to assist her as a concerned citizen. He calls that a mistake. Brannon charges that while Harris may claim to be acting as a “citizen advocate”, she is nothing more than a person motivated by her own selfish desires for power and profit.



Brannon said in November of last year she asked him to come and meet with her concerning the lawsuit she was pending against the county. He said “cooperation” to Harris is doing exactly what she says. Brannon said it is and has been about how Harris can profit against Walton County.



Brannon also made statements against County Administrator Greg Kisela. He says Kisela met with Harris and it is obvious to him that Kisela decided he does not work for the Board and would rather play politics with Harris.



Brannon alleges he and people around him have been under attack and criticism from Harris. Brannon says he tried to work with her. In the statement, Brannon says, “You either do as she wants, or she goes after you in every way possible, without regard for the truth, ethics or moral integrity.”



Brannon stated that in a meeting with Harris, she stated, “or, what if Lloyd (Blue) found out my son had $50,000 in student loans from law school, and for $50,000 this all goes away.”



Brannon apologized to anyone he has insulted or offended. He said his behavior, at times was erratic and some things he has said and done are unacceptable as someone elected to serve the people of Walton County.



Brannon said he will not be seeking reelection to a third term to his office. He said this will allow him to refocus on completing the things he has started.
 

Misty

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Dec 15, 2011
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Does it strike anyone as ODD that Brannon submitted to a lie dector test with someone he appears to know personally (from his comments in his statement) ?

And if Mr, Brannon is suddenly telling the truth now...what happened when he plead guilty to 17 complaints against him with the Florida Ethics Commission? Why did he continue to operate out of Sunshine even after being court ordered to do so?

If you want people to believe you're telling the truth 100% of the time then the time to be honest should have started years ago Mr. Brannon....not once you were caught with your pants down. You simply are not believable in my opinion regardless of how you try to sugar coat it.
 

Bob Hudson

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May 10, 2008
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Santa Rosa Beach
Interesting e-mail

Seems that Clay Adkinson forward an "ethics commission" complaint to Scott Brannons private email address with instructions for him to print and not forward the email and attachments.

Brannon forwarded the email from Clay to Ms. Harris.

The subject line is "Document for SH".

Why did Brannon seek someone to file an ethics commission complaint against L Jones ?

View attachment BrannonEmail2Harris.pdf
 

lazin&drinkin

Beach Lover
Apr 13, 2010
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Stick a fork in her? While you're ready to buy bridges in the desert, let me find something to sell you. Scott was guilty of ethics violation in 2008, signed a consent decree in 2009 which forbade hime from using personal email for county business, since then has violated that order hundreds if not thousands of times, worked with Clay to surreptitiously draft an ethics complaint against a fellow Commissioner and did not have the courage to file it himself but instead again violated the law by sending it from his personal email to Suzanne for her to file, in the process ignoring his/the county's attorneys admonition not to forward this.... Surely, you jest about Suzanne when you appear to take the word of Scott. His fall from grace began long ago but is as yet not complete.

We have on the one hand a woman who refused to be bullied by the county a few years ago, and in the process of fighting back, she was stiff-armed by the county when she made legitimate public records requests, ultimately having to file suit to compel the county to abide by the law and in the process exposing the abysmal multitude of other failures of compliance with the law here, there and yonder in what was supposed to be routine public business. She spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of her own money fighting county hall and won.

She took exception to the manner in which the county undertook to acquire land in the Chat Holley fiasco, again spending her own money in defense of the public treasury, your tax dollars and mine in that treasury. Outside counsel retained and paid by the county was very critical of the county and its processes and found what appeared likely to them to be several violations of state law in that transaction. The county attorney resigned in the wake of that investigation, and Mr. Miller was found guilty by a judge who was his lifelong friend when Suzanne's suit against Mr. Miller reached court.

Suzanne has put her money where her mouth is in the complaint against Scott for violating the 2009 consent decree, and the only questions remaining there are whether there will be criminal charges involved and the extent of the penalty leveled by the judge in Suzanne's case.

She has also spent her money filing the ethics complaint against Mr. Jones, which complaint Mr. Brannon had not the scrotal content to file in his own name.

She has also spent her own money filing suit against the commissioners individually and the county in the Chat Holley transaction, again in defense of your tax dollars and mine, not in pursuit of personal gain but in the cause fo seeking decent, honest, transparent governance of Walton County.

Now I'm sure that somewhere along the line Scott has done some admirable things, but he gets paid to be admirable, honest, transparent, above board, and in compliance with the law, granting no special favors as Commissioner, and that expectation is for uniform compliance and integrity 100% of the time, not for when it's convenient. 3 a.m. counts, too. It may not be used as a valid excuse for ethical and legal lapses.

In sum, I fail to see where you come from with stick a fork in her. I say we all owe Suzanne a deep and lasting debt of gratitude for her courage and her integrity. Who among us would be willing to place themselves on the line and work as hard and openly as she has in the name of good government? Damn few!

Talk is cheap. Hard choices and hard work for the public good is not. We deserve better governance, and Suzanne deserves our thanks.
 

Zebraspots

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May 15, 2008
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByS7t-sx60TLSUpfNEtKRUtMV3M/edit?pli=1#

Wow! He accuses her of blackmailing the county. Alleging that she said she would drop all the lawsuits if Lloyd Blue paid off her son's $50,000 student loan. And he took a lie detector test to back it up and passed. Somebody stick a fork in her. And him I suppose.

I find this student loan claim very implausible. My guess is she made a comment about Blue's influence peddling and past bribes that he has taken out of context.

As to the lie detector, how do you tell if Brannon is lying? He's talking!
 

Phil Hostas

Beach Crab
Apr 12, 2012
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I'm away from the coast this week but had to weigh in. I thought it odd in his letter that Scott comes out swinging " ..will no longer sit idly by with my hands tied behind my back"......but then he quits! He showed her (Ms. Harris).

The people who received Scott's illegal emails that included name calling and racial slurs were certainly quite. Where was the outrage then? Why were the emails responded to and complied with?
 

Bob Hudson

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May 10, 2008
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Santa Rosa Beach
I'm away from the coast this week but had to weigh in. I thought it odd in his letter that Scott comes out swinging " ..will no longer sit idly by with my hands tied behind my back"......but then he quits! He showed her (Ms. Harris).

The people who received Scott's illegal emails that included name calling and racial slurs were certainly quite. Where was the outrage then? Why were the emails responded to and complied with?

Another 3AM Email

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Phil Hostas

Beach Crab
Apr 12, 2012
3
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That's right Bob! Hey, I'll play.

Bob , rite me am emale to theCounty commishun and put thes points in it four me. help me out.

1. I'll not vote for any county commissioner who does not vote for a public censure of Brannon
2. I'll not vote for any commissioner who doesn't act to remove all TDC board and director
 

Chuckster

Beach Comber
Sep 20, 2007
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Note the quote at the end of the email. (A quote made by a "successful" politician.)

"Well Done is better than well said".....Benjamin Franklin

This quote does not seem appropriate.....

A more applicable quote might be:

"Better well said, when NOT well done". Or, "NO man can tame the tongue".... at 3:00 a.m.!!"

Again, I must commend Suzie for her intestional fortitude, vim and vigor!!!


UOTE=Bob Hudson;763053]Another 3AM Email

View attachment 26990[/QUOTE]
 
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