It seems to me that Governor Crist might think about asking Mr. Odom to step down from this appointment, until these charges are cleared up, no?
Odom Indicted
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It seems to me that Governor Crist might think about asking Mr. Odom to step down from this appointment, until these charges are cleared up, no?
I am not an Odom fan. But those charges are about as bogus as you can get, imho. Principal to official misconduct? Come on. If he asked Sansom to do something, Sansom is the public figure, he should have said no if it was wrong. Constituents ask public figures to do stuff that is not right all the time.
All they are doing is find a way to get into Odom's financials. Now that is going to be where the real fun begins. Those would be interesting.
Knowing how Odom handled the Grayton Grand issue -- KNOWINGLY buying property in a neighborhood with established restrictions and then fighting those restrictions until the opposition could no longer afford to fight -- I have absolutely no sympathy for him. If he's being held accountable for these rather minor transgressions, I can assure you there are many more behind him that will never see the light of day. I won't say the Good Ol'Boy network system will ever be behind us (such is the nature of human beings) but at least this crop of them is facing the serious questions and scrutiny their actions have brought to bear. That has to be a good thing.
I have no clue as to whether or not the charges are bogus, but that published news article in the first post is a rather large story. If he is guilty of using $6 million dollars of public funds to build his own airport hanger business, that is plain wrong, and regardless of the elected official (whom would be just as guilty) with whom he was in cohorts, Odom would be abusing the system.
wrobert, It almost sounds like you think only the politician who is dirty should be held accountable, rather than all who are involved with the dirty money. To me, that sounds counter to the conservative view points involving abuse of tax dollars. Am I misunderstanding you?
wrobert, It almost sounds like you think only the politician who is dirty should be held accountable, rather than all who are involved with the dirty money. To me, that sounds counter to the conservative view points involving abuse of tax dollars. Am I misunderstanding you?
Thing is, if the other two names involved had said 'my bad' back in about November and canceled the project, then everyone would have been in much better shape on the public trust charges. There are eleven million shades of grey you can see in that kind of law, and I think the odds are in the defendant's favor if it goes to trial. The real trouble comes from the perjury charges, which have a much more black and white feel to them.
Wouldn't be surprised to see a not guilty on the original charges and then a guilty on the perjury ones ala Martha Stewart.
Wouldn't be surprised to see a not guilty on the original charges and then a guilty on the perjury ones ala Martha Stewart.
The politician should have held him accountable by refusing to do what he asked. Now if there was a bag of cash transferred, or a washtub full, like they did in Escambia County at the Whataburger, that is another story. But if all Odom did was lobby for something, how is that wrong?
How is this so different from the $5 million dollars that got stuck into the budget at the last minute a few years back at the BCC to build the public parks at Hammock Bay? And then the contract was awarded to Crystal Beach Development when it was let out on bids?
The more I read about Odom and Sansom the less convinced I am that either was smart enough to follow Florida bribery law. Simply put that means that you wait until you are out of office to receive your kickback, payback, bribe, whatever, and it's all perfectly legal as you are no longer in office. It's been happening for years. Apparently Mr. Sansom wanted his payback now and got caught. Odom then tried to help him out by lieing to help his buddy out.
At what point does a person become responsible for his own perjury?
I underlined those two key words for you, they seem to be part of a battle cry for the GOP.
Actually a one party leadership isn't good for anybody. Look at Okaloosa and Walton county. When one party takes control all hail breaks loose, I don't care if it's Republican or Democrat. It's been an orgy of power for far too long.