Where's Joe Redner in the midst of all of this? I thought he had something to do with the cab business in Tampa. Did he die or retire? Joe would have become a famous Tampa politician had he managed to get elected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Redner Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan wrote: > Here's our current political cluster, of which I can only comment on in a > limited manner as my department has been involved with the investigation: > > Our county has a commission, the PTC, which manages cabs licenses and other > forms of paid public transportation. It's been well known to be a serious > cesspool for reasons too numerous to go into here. Suffice to say when Uber > and Lyft came onto the scene a year ago, the PTC and its "buddies", the local > cab companies, were in a major uproar over it and did everything they could > to keep them out of the County. > > The guy who headed the PTC and his right hand thug were former sheriff's > investigators, to give you some context. > > While both ridesharing companies attempted to negotiate ways of working in > the County, the PTC threatened them with all sorts of nasty tickets, > citations, etc., etc. to try and discourage them from operating. > > So dumb and dumber cook up this idea where they get cabbies to volunteer to > be customers for the ridesharing companies and hire them out. The punch line > is that when they take the "rider" to their destination, someone from the PTC > is waiting there with a citation for $700. Surprise! > > The County administrator got wind of this while it was going on due to the > complaints and put the head of the PTC on suspension and ordered an > investigation. This only pissed the doofus off, so it appears that in the > interim he gathered up many of the commission employees' County issued cell > phones and took them to an outside data forensics place to have them wiped. > So much for public records! > > So now a citizen has filed suit for public records disclosure and doofus is > pleading the Fifth. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has, as one > might expect, opened an investigation, as destruction of public records is a > crime. > > The best part? Some of his texts between he and his minion (who has since > resigned as well) have been made public, and they're not at all complimentary > they used to be online but have since been taken down. Here's an op-ed piece > on them: > > http://www.tbo.com/news/carlton-could-salty-talk-be-the-final-straw-for-the-ptc-20170208/ > > It just keeps getting better... > > http://www.tbo.com/news/former-ptc-chief-cockream-pleads-the-fifth-amendment-over-missing-public-records-20170214/ > > -D > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 14, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I like my wine to be a bit insouciant, jejune but not particularly banal. > > > > On a related note, after the County Council meeting last week, at which I > > once again gently pointed out what fools the majority of them are, the > > former Chairman, whom we got deposed after exposing his lies in 2 meetings > > I set up with him, chased me down as I was leaving the CC meeting and > > presented me with a thesaurus, saying that my schtick on our FB page was > > getting a little stale and I needed to find some more words to use (I think > > he was referring to my characterization of him as duplicitous and > > mendacious, so I guess I will have to start using two-faced liar). I > > thanked him, then kindly suggested he could polish his stand-up routine and > > we would have him come to another meeting sometime soon, it would be great > > entertainment, we might even make a vid of it so everyone could see it. > > That took him aback a bit, he tried to recover but failed. The funny thing > > is, I bet he was thinking about this for a whole week, and made a special > > trip to a bookstore to buy the thing, and was all excited about it. What a > > little d*ck this guy is. He knows we basically killed his political future > > so this is how he acts now. I think it is awesome, yet pathetic. > > > > --FT > > > > > >> On 2/13/17 11:33 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > >> OT offering > >> > >> When your brain knows just the right word, you can be more concise. And > >> sometimes you can slip in the verbal dagger without the victim > >> understanding what you’ve done. > >> > >> > >> *Insouciant* > >> > >> When you want to say the defendants in the medical malpractice case just > >> don’t give a damn, you can label their procedures insouciant. Insouciant > >> translates from French as “uncaring.” Insouciance encapsulates the essence > >> of negligence. > >> > >> > >> Specious > >> > >> The law is a learned profession, right? So you would never call your > >> opponent a liar. But you might assert that their arguments are specious. > >> > >> > >> Banal > >> > >> You (and the judge) have heard this (specious?) argument a hundred times. > >> It’s trite. It’s boring. You could say, “Counsel’s banal assertion does > >> not justify the position set forth in this case.” This word is correctly > >> pronounced as many as three ways, though the preferred pronunc > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >
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