This appeared in today's TU. I hope you will all read it and know that this situation is just one of many questionable ethical and legal moves this Mayor has been a party to behind the scenes, all of it with the help and support of opinions from GC Cindy Laquidara. There is much I want to say and share about our Mayor's actions and ethically challenged administration but I need more coffee. Things are crumbling from the inside out, with more than a few investigations underway on other issues. Looks like the people and supporters of the Mayor are beginning to see the level this Mayor wishes to take Jacksonville to and it appears to be one of rule bending, empty promises, self promotion, questionable pension deals, 43 million dollar expenditures without a plan to pay for them, willful involvement in shutting down GLBT legislation and the list goes on. The next great revelations will come with the next budget but the unfortunate part to our budget situation is that the lousy choices made today under Brown will not reveal themselves until he is well out of office and the results of bad financial planning is further complicated by the fact the the Mayor is not a leader of insight but of hype.
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The policy change came more than a year after city Ethics Director Carla Miller began questioning how Brown’s travel was being paid.
Brown was following the advice of General Counsel Cindy Laquidara, who believed travel expenses paid for by others were gifts to the city, not to Brown. But in March, the Florida Ethics Commission disagreed
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-06-24/story/no-more-free-rides-jacksonville-mayor-alvin-brown-and-staff#ixzz2XErjT29T
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-06-24/story/no-more-free-rides-jacksonville-mayor-alvin-brown-and-staff