BITTER Ex-JUDGE MATHIS LIKES SUPT'S SLAPP LAWSUIT, FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS: ROBERT KEITH MATHIS ON ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD WEBSITE

Bitter Retired Circuit Court Judge ROBERT KEITH MATHIS, son of segregationist judge CHARLES MATHIS (who incarcerated four children for civil rights protests) endorses School Board lawyer FRANK UPCHURCH's illegal, ultra vires, Sunshine violating Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation against photojournalist Jeff Gray. What do y'all reckon?


Here's mean ex-JUDGE ROBERT K. MATHIS' latest angry comment, on the St. Johns County  School Board's SLAPP lawsuit against Open Records requester Jeff Gray:

olddog 01/31/16 - 10:16 am 21"Journalist" Not
This guy is no journalist. I would love to know what his training and education in journalism might be. This type of gadfly is the reason the legislature is going to change the public records law to make the people who file these nuisance lawsuits pay attorney fees to the public agencies who are the victims. I have dealt with many legitimate public records requests from legitimate news sources and never had a problem with them. The journalist would normally first call and find out who the custodian of records might be, then file their request, we would find the records, tell them the cost of copying and redacting the exempt material, then answer the request.
If Gray was actually interested in obtaining the records, he would follow the rules and procedures, he obviously is more interested in finding a basis for a lawsuit and making a nuisance of himself. Hopefully, the Judge will see through his actions and issue an injunction against him.

Here's mendacious ex-JUDGE ROBERT KEITH. MATHIS' earlier comment, last month, on the St. Johns County School Board's SLAPP lawsuit against Open Records requester Jeff Gray:

olddog 12/27/15 5:53 pm
His real interest...
His real interest is obviously getting videos for his pathetic website and trying to setup some government entity to bring a lawsuit to try to get an award of attorney fees that he can split with his attorney. The public records law serves a valuable purpose, but is easily and frequently abused. If he really wanted these records, for a legitimate purpose, he would request them, in a reasonable manner, so that the custodian would have the chance to find them, insure that any sensitive exempt material was expunged, and then furnish them, after the ministerial costs involved were paid. He's just like the shysters who set up business owners to create lawsuits over handicap access issues, solely for the purpose of obtaining attorney fees.

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So Nixonian ex-Judge ROBERT KEITH MATHIS, the son of a segregationist judge, ex-Judge CHARLES MATHIS, thinks he has the right to pass judgment on journalistic credentials and training, which our Founders never mentioned in the First Amendment and which is not a prerequisite to protection from SLAPP suits or invoking Open Records laws under Article I, Section 24 of our Florida Constitution. He predicts legislative action and invites judicial misconduct. He ululates "The public records law serves a valuable purpose, but is easily and frequently abused." Glad he's not deciding Open Records cases. Glad he was "outed" by the Record when it revealed the names of all of its commenters, some of them vicious non-subscriber KKK-style commenters, for a year.

A Nixon appointee hearing his first case on the bench (The Pentagon Papers), United States District Court Judge Murray Gurfein rebutted Nixonian arguments: "The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone. Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, an ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know." United States v. N.Y. Times Co., 328 F. Supp. 324, 331 (S.D.N.Y. 1971).

Writing as "old dog" on The St. Augustine Record website on Easter Sunday 2014, Nixonian second-generation ex-Judge ROBERT KEITH MATHIS falsely claimed the FBI had no jurisdiction over the Michelle O'Connell case. The FBI is investigating now. (Maladroit BOB MATHIS was head of homicide prosecutions for State's Attorney RALPH JOSEPH LARIZZA when it refused to prosecute St. Johns County Sheriff's JEREMY BANKS over the Michelle O'Connell shooting, never obtaining the water use record for the house where the shooting occurred, which could have disproved BANKS' claim he had no shower after the shooting of his girlfriend, who was leaving him. LARIZZA belatedly recused himself when his investigators believed that BANKS may have shot Michelle O'Connell.)

St. Augustine Record Editorial Opposes Corruption, Supports Reform Legislation

I've been calling for a countywide campaign against corruption since 2008:
http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2015/12/anti-bribery-campaign-in-st-augustine.html
Thanks to The St. Augustine Record for opposing corruption today:

Editorial: Corruption bill may stand a chance this time around
Posted: January 30, 2016 - 11:08pm | Updated: January 31, 2016 - 12:13am

There’s some good news, for a change, about politics in Florida.

In 2012 the Sunshine State was named the crookedest state in the nation, in terms of political corruption — based on the number of federal corruption convictions, gleaned from Department of Justice files.

The 2015 report, recently released, now ranks Florida third in the country, currently behind Texas and California.

Additionally there are dozens of state and local convictions each year. St. Johns County’s had its share over the years.

Florida also improved in the 2014 State Integrity investigation — from an “F” to a “D-minus.”

But what’s chilling about the numbers is how little they tell.

First, bid-riggers or bribe-givers have to get caught. So, for the sake of argument, let’s say one in 10 do. Then that offender has to be convicted. And very few are, because Florida law makes it difficult to prosecute a case. More on that in a moment.

In fact, state prosecutors call bribery and bid-rigging a “corruption tax” that you won’t find on your county or city tax bill, but it comes out of your pockets just the same. It’s impossible to put a figure to it, but experts say corruption costs taxpayers hundreds of million each year in Florida alone.

A grand jury was empaneled five years ago, and came up with several recommendations that lawmakers brushed aside. Bills, of course, were filed, but died in the dark hallways of bureaucracy — quietly.

There may be some light at the end of that hallway this year. The House has passed an ethics bill and the Senate takes up its version this week.

The bills attack corruption in two key ways.

First, Florida’s public-corruption statutes do not apply to government contractors. Yes, they’re the ones who most violate those laws: And, no, we have no idea how they came to become exempt from it (but it’s a pretty good bet money changed hands somewhere). The new bills expand the definition of public servants so that government vendors can be prosecuted under bribery and misuse of office statutes.

They also remove from state law the mind-boggling language that so hampers prosecutors. Currently they have to prove that a defendant acted “corruptly” or with “corrupt intent.” This requires a much higher burden of proof, because prosecutors need to prove what the defendant was “thinking” when the transaction occurred.

Under the proposed law, prosecutors would need to prove only that the defendant acted “knowingly.”

The Senate bill might also include an increased fine of up to $20,000 for ethics violations, and is looking at allowing Florida’s ethics commission to open investigations on its own. Currently it acts only on written complaints.

Thus far, the bill is no further along than its predecessors following the grand jury recommendations. But this time around it’s getting the attention from the press and public it demands — call it a little bit of sunshine in the darkened halls. This year it seems to have bipartisan support. And this year, it has the backing of two of Tallahassee’s heavy hitters, former Senate President Don Gaetz and the incoming chair of the Appropriations Committee, Sen. Jack Latvala.

Corruption is tough to uncover and will likely never go away. The new corruption legislation will at least help punish those involved — and hopefully frighten others before becoming involved.

One suggestion: It might at least make the legislation look better if lawmakers cracked down as hard on the bribe-takers as the bribe-givers.

You agree?










TIME FOR A NO-BRIBERY CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA
We need an anti-bribery campaign in the State of Florida.
People who are offered bribes should turn in the bribepayer.
People who are asked to give bribes should turn in the public official.
A culture of corruption can be changed one day at a time, just as courageous citizens have done in Sicily.
Stand up to bribepayers and bribetakers, who destroy our democracy.
Interesting that there's never been one editorial in local newspapers against bribery, even though our former Republican County Commission Chair and a county zoning official pled guilty to bribery and the FBI Corruption Task Force in Daytona is hot on the trail of local corruption.
"Does it show?"  Those were the immortal words of U.S. Rep. Richard Kelly (R-Florida), stuffing $25,000 into his pockets during the ABSCAM scandal, prosecuted by the late Roger Adelman of the United States Attorney's office for the District of Columbia, who died recently.
"It shows"  -- ask the St. Augustine neighbors concerned about the DOW PUD, treated disrespectfully by four out of five Commissioners.  In addition to the corrupt University of Florida "Opinion Paper," and the conflicted City Commissioner who requested it, there was the stench of corruption in our City Commission meeting room on August 24-2015.
Commissioners TODD NEVILLE, NANCY SIKES-KLINE, LEANNA FREEMAN and ROXANNE HORVATH are unjust stewards.  Time for them to go.
FBI must investigate them and their ties to developers, as well as  two paid-off Historic Architectural Review Board members (JEREMY MARQUIS and HARB Vice Chair PAUL M. WEAVER, III) both working in tandem for developer DAVID BARTON CORNEAL's payroll (in possible violation of 18 U.S.C. 666 and Sunshine laws), as well as our estimable former Vice Mayor, DONALD CRICHLOW, working as a lobbyist less than two years after leaving office in violation of Florida ethics laws.  F.S. 112.313(14).
Is the culture of corruption in the State of Florida that pervasive that the WRecKord can't write an editorial calling for whistle blowing in the midst of an FBI anti-corruption investigation of local fiefdoms, including Sheriff DAVID BERNERD SHOAR f/k/a "HOAR?"
There's corruption in our midst.  "It shows."
What do you reckon?

SUNSHINE VIOLATION?: School Board Atty. Admits Polling Board Members Before Filing SLAPP Lawsuit

School Board lawyer FRANK M. UPCHURCH, III admitted to The St. Augustine Record that he polled School Board members before filing a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation against St. Johns County photojournalist Jeffrey Gray, and that no board member opposed filing of the lawsuit. (See St. Augustine Record article, below). I had raised this issue with UPCHURCH, who made his lawbreaking even clearer when he told the Record he may seek a School Board vote to authorize the illegal, ultra vires lawsuit. Florida law forbids "polling," or using third parties for members of boards to communicate. Did UPCHURCH violate the Sunshine law? Did Board members and Superintendent Joseph Joyner?

Will UPCHURCH be investigated and prosecuted by the Florida Bar and the State's Attorney?

Will Board members and the Superintendent move to fire UPCHURCH for his lawbreaking, filing a lawsuit, contending that there are no First Amendment rights for news gatherers, and violating Florida Sunshine laws to to so?

Will they drop their noisome little SLAPP lawsuit?

The apple does not fall far from the tree here in what former St. Johns County Commission Chairman Ben Rich told Folio Weekly in 2008 was "one of the last bastions of the Ku Klux Klan." Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote June 11, 1964 that St. Augustine was "the most lawless city in America." UPCHURCHS were a part of that lawlessness for most of the past 100 years.

The SLAPP lawsuit was filed by UPCHURCH, BAILEY & UPCHURCH law firm partner FRANK M. UPCHURCH, III, the lawyer-grandson of notorious Florida segregationist-Dixiecrat FRANK M. UPCHURCH, Sr., who was a leader in the Florida Democratic Party: he supported Strom Thurmond and walked out of the 1948 Demoratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in protest of President Harry S Truman's civil rights policies. UPCHURCH III proposed a discriminatory school board and county commission redistricting plan that would have reduced minority voting strength in District 2, thereby violating the Fifteenth Amendment. Spoiler alert: We defeated UPCHURCH's evil plan. For prior coverage by this blog and The St. Augustine Record's enterprising reporter, Jake Martin, please click here:

http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2016/01/school-board-no-first-amendment-rights.html

http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2015/12/school-board-files-slapp-suit-against.html

For the School Board lawyer's admission of polling the Board members, read Jake Martin's story, portions in bold below:

Public records dispute escalates as School Board seeks decision against local man over requests
Posted: January 30, 2016 - 11:27pm | Updated: January 30, 2016 - 11:45pm

By JAKE MARTIN
jake.martin@staugustine.com
The St. Johns County School Board has swapped lawsuits with Jeff Gray, a correspondent for Photography is Not a Crime, over the St. Johns County School District’s policy regarding public records requests and Gray’s alleged violations of that policy.

Gray, a father of three children attending county schools, contends the School District’s policy does not comply with Florida’s statutory requirements, that it infringes on his right to access and obtain public records, and that he is, therefore, not required to follow the policy.

The School Board contends Gray’s refusal to follow the policy is “antagonistic and disruptive to the lawful, orderly and safe operation” of district schools and offices, that the policy is in compliance with state law, and that Gray refuses to cooperate because his interests are not in obtaining the records but in filing frivolous lawsuits for personal financial gain.

Gray claims the School Board’s complaint against him, filed Dec. 7, is a strategic lawsuit against public participation — called a SLAPP — a lawsuit intended to censor, intimidate or silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.

The School Board’s complaint claims, among other things, that Gray dismissed his suit against the School Board on Dec. 4, “recognizing the suit was frivolous and that he and his lawyer were in jeopardy of being taxed with attorney fees.”

The complaint requests a definitive judicial declaration on the validity of the School District’s public records procedures, issuance of an injunction against Gray for continuing to defy them and recovery, as damages for malicious prosecution and abuse of the process, of attorney fees incurred in the School Board’s successful defense of Gray’s lawsuit.

The School Board filed its suit against Gray just three days after Gray’s voluntary dismissal of his case with prejudice, via authorization by Superintendent Joe Joyner. School Board members were individually informed of the filing of the suit upon authorization.

As written in Florida Statute 1001.32(3), the superintendent is the secretary and executive officer of his or her district school board.

Florida Statute 1001.41(4), however, states a district school board, “after considering recommendations submitted by the district school superintendent,” shall exercise general powers including those to contract, sue and be sued.

“The district school board shall constitute the contracting agent for the district school system,” the statute continues.

School Board attorney Frank Upchurch III said on Friday that no board members had expressed any objections to filing the lawsuit and that he was considering bringing a formal request for authorization before the board at a future meeting.

Noting the quick turnaround, Upchurch said he had already prepared a counterclaim to Gray’s suit against the School Board that became the basis for its complaint against Gray filed Dec. 7.

Superintendent’s affidavit

According to a sworn affidavit of Joyner, filed Jan. 19, he made the decision to file the lawsuit because of Gray’s “history of causing problems and disruption at District schools and offices, mainly stemming from public records requests.”

He said although Gray had dismissed his suit, his “antagonistic and provocative conduct” continued.

Joyner cited an incident in which Gray was at Hickory Creek Elementary and Switzerland Point Middle schools on Dec. 3, the day after the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting, taking photographs and videotaping the school “for no apparent reason.”

Gray had told The Record he was asking a School District maintenance employee standing near the gate of the two schools if he knew whether a park behind the schools was maintained by the School District or St. Johns County.

He said his purpose in being there was to investigate whether bus drivers were filling out pre-trip inspections.

Gray said his investigation was a result of the Nov. 18 crash along Interstate 95 involving Bus 268 that sent several Pacetti Bay Middle School students to the hospital and in which the bus driver, Joseph Sanks, 69, of St. Augustine, was cited for careless driving.

Gray’s related public records requests, obtained through the School District’s Transportation Department, revealed there was no pre-trip inspection form filled out before the crash.

Joyner cited another incident, on Dec. 4, in which Gray had shown up at R.B. Hunt Elementary School.

“Without checking in at the office, he went to the bus parking area, and again confronted rank and file employees — bus drivers — over public records,” Joyner said. “This seemed to be a repeat of the incident at the Maintenance Department that was the basis of his first lawsuit. Coming on the heels of his dismissal of that lawsuit, he appeared to be openly defying the directive to make his public records requests through (the Community Relations Department) and seemed to be trying to deliberately provoke the District.”

Gray had said he was filming the bus drivers from off school property at R.B. Hunt to see if they were completing their inspections before driving off.

On Dec. 29, Gray filed a motion for summary judgment against the School Board with a supporting memorandum regarding anti-SLAPP laws.

“School bus safety and the integrity of public records are inarguably ‘public issues’ protected from assault by SLAPP suits,” the motion said, citing five video-documented instances, filmed by Gray, of bus drivers allegedly not filling out pre-trip inspections.

Gray argued the School Board’s suit against him was unfounded and served no purpose except to intimidate him from exercising his First Amendment rights and to suppress his investigations of the School District.

“Plaintiff’s dislike of Gray does not rise to the level to warrant an injunction affecting his constitutional rights of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, right to redress the government, and access to public records,” his motion said. “These allegations do nothing more than serve as a prohibited SLAPP action.”

Joyner, in his affidavit, said although he was aware Gray had approached bus drivers at R.B. Hunt on Dec. 4, he was not aware Gray was investigating bus inspection practices prior to filing the suit on Dec. 7.

Point-counterpoint

The School Board on Jan. 19 filed its response to Gray’s anti-SLAPP motion for summary judgment, which included a cross-motion for summary judgment against Gray.

“Procedurally, Gray’s motion for summary judgment is fatally defective,” the response said. “He has not served an answer, affirmative defenses or a counterclaim pleading that the School Board violated the Anti-SLAPP statute. Accordingly, there is no predicate in his pleadings for his motion for summary judgment.”

The School Board also said Gray had the burden of proof to demonstrate its lawsuit was without merit and that it was filed primarily because of his exercise of his First Amendment rights.

“Gray’s theory seems to be that the School Board filed the suit in retaliation for what he calls ‘newsgathering’ activities, which he contends are protected by the First Amendment,” the response continues. “It is unclear how he gets from ‘newsgathering,’ which is conduct, to the ‘constitutional right of free speech’ criterion listed in the statute.”

The School Board claimed Gray’s right of access to public records is not a First Amendment right and, therefore, Gray’s claim the School Board filed suit to unlawfully limit his access to those records was not cognizable under anti-SLAPP statutes.

Gray’s motion had, once again, challenged the legality of Joyner’s designation of the Community Relations Department to handle the School District’s public records requests.

“Disregarding the impertinent, scandalous, and unprofessional wording of the allegations that Gray disregards ‘specific instructions’ from the district and refuses to adhere to district policies, Plaintiff persists in attempting to equate school ‘policy’ with ‘law,’” the motion said.

The School Board argued Gray’s voluntary dismissal of his case barred him from re-asserting those claims in his defense.

“Because that claim was adjudicated in the School Board’s favor by Gray’s dismissal of his case with prejudice, Gray is barred from re-asserting it in support of his motion,” the School Board’s response said. “Although Gray has not filed an answer, affirmative defenses or counterclaim, it is clear that Gray is seeking the same relief — a judicial determination that the District’s procedures violate the statute.”

The School Board acknowledged custodians have leeway under the procedure to respond to a public records request themselves or to refer it to the Community Relations Department but said that such flexibility was necessary to allow School District employees to respond to routine requests for records.

“This may foil Gray’s watchdog aspirations and the opportunity for lawsuits, but it was a logical, practical and perfectly lawful solution to the problem that Gray created,” the School Board’s response continued.

But Gray has maintained he has the right to see the documents he requests in the location in which they are kept and that it’s a matter of public interest whether public agencies comply with the law.

“Any policy requiring a person to jump through additional hoops just promotes an atmosphere allowing them time to doctor the documents or create documents that weren’t there,” Gray said.

The School Board did not mince words about where it places the blame.

“It was Gray who repeatedly defied the District’s public records procedures, harassed its employees and disrupted its operations,” the response said. “It was Gray who started the litigation by suing the District. It should not come as a surprise that the School Board would want to finish it by filing suit to resolve the issues he has created.”

In an email to The Record on Saturday, Gray said he has been instructed by his attorney not to make any comments regarding the case.

Legislative measures

The Florida House Government Operations Subcommittee on Jan. 20 voted unanimously in approval of a bill that would give judges discretion in deciding whether to award attorney fees in public records lawsuits.

Open-government advocates argue HB 1021 would compromise the Florida Public Records Law, as government agencies are currently required to pay attorney fees when found to have improperly withheld public records.

Supporters, including the Florida League of Cities, say people are taking advantage of the system and that bills like HB 1021 are intended to combat frivolous, harassing or duplicitous demands for public information.

According to a News Service of Florida report published Jan. 20, Robert Ganger, vice mayor of Gulf Stream, said his small Palm Beach County community was a “poster child” for abuses of the process.

He said a group of people had filed more than 2,500 public records requests with the town, typically coming in bunches, but that the town of 800 to 900 people has just four administrative employees.

“Our custodian of records works literally every day, including weekends, to try and get caught up. But inevitably we fall behind,” Ganger had said. “And in falling behind, there have been 40 lawsuits filed against us for failure to comply in a timely fashion.”

Ganger also said the town had to cut its hurricane financial reserves and increase taxes because of costs associated with the lawsuits and requests.

WHAT IS A PUBLIC RECORD? “Public records” means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings, data processing software or other material, regardless of the physical form, characteristics or means of transmission, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency. The only exceptions are for records specifically made confidential by the Florida Constitution and records exempted by Florida statutes.

REP. PAUL RENNER RAISES $102,434.95 -- Future Speaker?

The future Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives might be 24th District Republican Rep. PAUL RENNER (R-Palm Coast), a Jacksonville corporate lawyer, whose law firm website says his prosecutorial experience "continues to benefit his business clients as their advocate in court." 
PAUL RENNER was defeated for State Representative in Jacksonville in 2014 only to move to Palm Coast and got elected in a special election in 2015.  
For his re-election campaign, Rep. PAUL RENNER has raised  $102,434.95, more than 111 times the amount raised by his opponent, Adam Morley, an eco-tour boat captain who has raised $917.


Rep. PAUL RENNER already has a PAC with the word "liberty" in it, raising money to give to other Republican House members, including pro-tracking Rep. CYNDI STEVENSON. 





RENNER's Rogue's Gallery of campaign contributors include billboard companies, car dealers, polluters like agribusiness, phosphate, electric power industries and (drum roll) KOCH INDUSTRIES, investment bankers and other forms of gambling, both legal and illegal (e.g., "fantasy sports"). insurance, railroads, manufacturers, medical billing, "healthcare" (one word) pharmaceuticals, lobbyists and other tortfeasors and regulated industries and professions.  RENNER's committee assignments:






Health & Human Services Committee
Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
Health Innovation Subcommittee
Veteran & Military Affairs Subcommittee
Select Committee on Affordable Healthcare Access





Some of the Rep. PAUL RENNER contributors actually have a sense of humor, putting the words "honest" or "good government" in their titles.  Here's the list (best viewed on big screen):

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10/07/2015   1,000.00 CHE BELLPOWER PAC       150 SOUTH MONROE STREET, SUITE 400       TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301           PAC        12/17/2015     250.00 CHE BETH E. KAILES, DMD, P.A. 2245 PLANTATION CENTER DRIVE, FLEMING ISLAND, FL 32003   PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY  11/13/2015     172.69 INK BOGDANOFF ELLYN  908 S. ANDREWS AVE. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33316  GOVT. AFFAIRS CONSUL EVENT FOOD & BEVERAGE

12/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE BUILD SOMERTHING THAT LASTS    133 HARBOR DRIVE SOUTH    VENICE, FL 34285                         PAC   09/24/2015     500.00 CHE CARPAC  400 N MERIDIAN STREET                    TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301                    PAC           09/11/2015     500.00 CHE CEMEX MATERIALS, LLC   1501 BELVEDERE ROAD    WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406     CONSTRUCTION MATERIA       07/31/2015    1,000.00 CHE CENTENE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC   7700 FORSYTH BLVD       ST. LOUIS, MO 63105     HEALTHCARE MANAGEMEN   11/17/2015     500.00 CHE CHUBB NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY    15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD.     WARREN, NJ 07059        INSURANCE          

12/17/2015      500.00 CHE CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, INC.   P.O. BOX 659512       SAN ANTONIO, TX 78265   ADVERTISING CO.            12/17/2015     500.00 CHE COALITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PC   1390 TIMBERLANE RD   TALLAHASSEE, FL 32312                    PAC  12/17/2015      50.00 CHE COLLINS CECILIA A.    383 N. ROSCOE BLVD.          PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL 32082                          11/30/2015   1,000.00 CHE COMCAST CORPORATION  1701 JFK BLVD.              PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103                   CABLE COMPANY 11/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA AGENTS     PO BOX 13445     TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317                    PAC           11/18/2015   1,000.00 CHE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY NET HOSPITALS OF FLO 315 S. CALHOUN ST. STE. 600  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301         PAC 12/17/2015     500.00 CHE CONSIDINE KATHERINE V.                   6700 COLLIER ROAD SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL 32092   PHYSICIAN        11/17/2015     500.00 CHE CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY    333 S. WABASH AVE.        CHICAGO, IL 60604        INSURANCE            12/17/2015      100.00 CHE COSSEY JOSHUA A.        13099 BEANCH VINE DRIVE, NORTH           JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246                07/22/2015      500.00 CHE CRUZ & COMPANY  5000-18 HIGHWAY 17, #268     ORANGE PARK, FL 32003           GOV'T CONSULTING      12/17/2015      500.00 CHE CSX TRANSPORTATION  P.O. BOX 44057JACKSONVILLE, FL 32231       RAILROAD CO.                            11/23/2015     500.00 CHE DAIICHI SANKYO, INC.   2 HILTON COURT       PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054           PHARMACEUTICAL COMPA         12/17/2015     100.00 CHE DANIEL FRANCIS BRENNA MD, PA             340 N. LAKE SYBELIA DRIVE                MAITLAND, FL 32751    12/21/2015   1,000.00 CHE DISNEY DESTINATIONS, LLC  220 CELEBRATION PLACE, SUITE 6300 CELEBRATION, FL 34747    TRAVEL CO.         12/21/2015   1,000.00 CHE DISNEY PHOTO IMAGING, LLC   1375 BUENA VISTA DRIVE  LAKE BUENA VIISTA, FL 32830  PHOTOGRAPHY CO.        11/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE DISNEY VACATION DEVELOPMENT, INC.        1390 CELEBRATION BLVD CELEBRATION, FL 34747 ENTERTAINMENT      12/01/2015     500.00 CHE DRAFTKINGS, INC 125 SUMMER STREET    BOSTON, MA 20110                         FANTASY SPORTS COMPA      12/17/2015     500.00 CHE DRINKWATER FREDA A.  4527 ECTON LANE EAST       JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246                   RETIRED        10/14/2015     500.00 CHE DUGGAR BRUCE R.  8176 JAMAICA RD SOUTH     JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216                   ATTORNEY            12/04/2015     500.00 CHE DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION FLORIDA PAC      550 SOUTH TRYON STREET, DEC37D  CHARLOTTE, NC 28202  PAC       12/17/2015     100.00 CHE EDWARD N. COHILL, PHD., D.O., P.A.   4685 RAGGEDY POINT RD.   FLEMING ISLAND, FL 32003                  12/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE EMERGENCY CARE FOR FLORIDA PC            610 S. BLVD.        TAMPA, FL 33606                  PAC       12/17/2015     250.00 CHE ENBROCO, INC.  9310 OLD KINGS ROAD SOUTH, SUITE 101     JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257     PROPERTY MANAGEMENT  10/07/2015   1,000.00 CHE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTI 600 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE ST. LOUIS, MO 63105       PAC         11/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE FAIAPAC  PO BOX 12001                             TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317                    PAC          12/01/2015     500.00 CHE FANDUEL, INC.19 UNION SQUARE WEST, 9TH FLOOR   NEW YORK, NY 10003           FANTASY SPORTS COMPA        10/07/2015     500.00 CHE FDA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE    1111 E. TENNESSEE STREET      TALLAHASSEE, FL 32308             PAC   11/17/2015     500.00 CHE FEDERATED NATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY  14050 NW 14TH STREET #180  SUNRISE, FL 33323           INSURANCE    07/22/2015   1,000.00 CHE FINANCIAL REFORM IN GOVERNMENT NETWORK   PO BOX 13445         TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317                PAC  10/08/2015     500.00 CHE FL ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS PAC   4850 GOLDEN PARKWAY SUITE B417   BUFORD, GA 30518     PAC      10/14/2015    250.00 CHE FLORIDA ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATION, INC 901 N. HERCULES AVE. CLEARWATER, FL 337      ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIAT   10/14/2015    500.00 CHE FLORIDA BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC 1001 THOMASVILLE RD. SUITE 201  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302         PAC 

08/31/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA BLUE      PO BOX 2210         JACKSONVILLE, FL 32203                   INSURANCE                11/17/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIA 246 E 6TH AVENUE  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32303    CABLE ASSOCIATION   10/14/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PAC    PO BOX 11309          TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302                    PAC   12/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA CONCRETE & PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION  6353 LEE VISTA BLVD     ORLANDO, FL 32822        PAC       10/14/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA COW PAC        PO BOX 421929                KISSIMMEE, FL 34742                      PAC        10/07/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA CPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE,  PO BOX 5437   TALLAHASSEE, FL 32314                    PAC     12/04/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA CPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE,  PO BOX 5437 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32314                    PAC       07/22/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA CUPAC   3692 COOLIDGE COURT                      TALLAHASSEE, FL 32311                    PAC   10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA EAST COAST INDUSTRIES, INC       4601 TOUCHTON ROAD EAST JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246  TRANSPORTATION 12/04/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA FILM PAC   15301 VENTURA BLVD., BUILDING E          SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403                   PAC10/13/2015     554.80 INK FLORIDA FOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY 115 EAST PARK AVENUE,SUITE 1 TALLAHASSEE,FL 32301 PAC FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

12/21/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA JOBS PAC  PO BOX 11309  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302                    PAC                            10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC    PO BOX 10269               TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302       PAC           10/07/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA NURSERY, GROWERS AND LANDSCAPE A 1533 PARK CENTER DRIVE    ORLANDO, FL 32835     PAC      

07/22/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA ORGANIZATION OF AGENTS PO BOX 13445                 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317                    PAC11/17/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA ORGANIZATION OF AGENTS     PO BOX 13445          TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317                    PAC   12/17/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PAC 314 NORT HGADSDEN STREET  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301                    PAC  12/04/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA PHARMACIST PC                    610 NORTH ADAMS STREET   TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301  PAC          

12/04/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE, I P.O. BOX 1384    MULBERRY, FL 33860                       PAC

12/01/2015     500.00 CHE FLORIDA PODIATRY PC   6600 34TH AVE. N.                ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33710                 PAC     10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC. JUSTICE 300 E. BREVARD ST.  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301                PAC   10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC. LAW AND 300 E. BREVARD ST. TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301                    PAC12/21/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGING  ASSOCIATIO PO BOX 1779  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302                    PAC  12/21/2015   1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGING ASSOCIATION P.O. BOX 1779   TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302          PAC        11/17/2015    1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA'S VOICE FOR EARLY LEARNING PAC   610 S. BLVD.  TAMPA, FL 33606                          PAC    11/16/2015   484.77 INK FLORIDIAN PARTNERS, LLC 108 S. MONROE ST.TALLAHASSEE, FL 32311 GOV.'T RELATIONS     EVENT FOOD & BEVERAG

10/08/2015  500.00 CHE FOLEY & LARDNER LLP POLITICAL COMMITTEE  106 EAST COLLEGE AVE, STE 900 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301   PAC     08/31/201   500.00 CHE FOMA - PAC    2007 APALACHEE PARKWAY                   TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301                    PAC        12/17/2015  250.00 CHE FOX BRUCE R.   1760 EAGLE WATCH DRIVE                   FLEMING ISLAND, FL 32003                 RETIRED   12/17/2015  500.00 CHE FREED MICHAEL   3826 REEDPOND DR NORTH                   JACKSONVILLE, FL 32223                   ATTORNEY

12/01/2015 1,000.00 CHE FTBA TRANSPORTATION PAC     610 SOUTH BOULEVARD   TAMPA, FL 33606                          PAC            10/14/2015 1,000.00 CHE GATE PETROLEUM COMPANY                   PO BOX 23627    JACKSONVILLE, FL 32241       PETROLEUM   

12/04/2015   500.00 CHE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY     P.O. BOX 9544   FORT MEYERS, FL 33906                    HOME APPLIANCE CO.  12/04/2015 1,000.00 CHE GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC  25 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NW STE. 400       WASHINGTON, DC 20001        PAC      12/17/2015   500.00 CHE GUNSTER   777 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE, STE 500 EAST    WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401                LAW FIRM      12/17/2015    50.00 CHE HARPER ANGEL L.                          2048 EMERALD GREEN RD.                   JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246  09/24/2015 1,000.00 CHE HCA EAST FLORIDA DIVISION AND GOOD GOVER 101 N MONROE STREET, STE 801    TALLAHASSEE, FL 3230          PAC09/24/2015 1,000.00 CHE HCA NORTH FLORIDA DIVISION AND GOOD GOVE 101 N MONROE STREET, STE 801  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301   PAC

09/24/2015 1,000.00 CHE HCA WEST FLORIDA DIVISION AND GOOD GOVER 101 N MONROE STREET, STE 801  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301        PAC   11/17/2015   500.00 CHE HERITAGE MGA, LLC                        2600 MCCORMICK DRIVE STE. 300 CLEARWATER, FL 33759  INSURANCE    11/19/2015   500.00 CHE HOLLAND & KNIGHT FLORIDA POLITICAL COMMI 315 S CALHOUN STREET, STE 600  TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301         PAC 09/11/2015   500.00 CHE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE      2640-A MITCHAM DRIVE      TALLAHASSEE, FL 32308       APC        11/17/2015 1,000.00 CHE IMPACT    PO BOX 12001                             TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317                    PAC           10/14/2015 1,000.00 CHE INTUITION, LLC  9428 BAYMEADOWS ROAD, SUITE 600          JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256 HOLDING COMPANY           10/14/2015 1,000.00 CHE J.R. ADVERTISING AGENCY, INC.    P.O. BOX 54249    JACKSONVILLE, FL 32245                   ADVERTISING   10/14/2015 1,000.00 CHE JACKSONVILLE GREYHOUND RACING, INC.PO BOX 959  ORANGE PARK, FL 32067                    PARI MUTUEL       10/14/2015 1,000.00 CHE JACKSONVILLE KENNEL CLUB, INC PO BOX 54249    JACKSONVILLE, FL 32245                   PARI MUTUEL        10/07/2015 1,000.00 CHE JIM MORAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.  100 JIM MORAN BLVD.   DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442 FINANCING &  INSURANC       10/14/2015    50.00 CHE JULIANO PATRICK J    32 BARKLEY LN.                  PALM COAST, FL 32137 

12/07/2015 1,000.00 CHE KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC     4111 EAST 37TH STREET NORTH     WICHITA, KS 67220     MANUFACTURING   

12/17/2015   100.00 CHE LAMMERMEIER JEFFREY S.   4421 DOVER HILLS DRIVE, APT. 301         KALAMAZOO, MI 49009                     10/14/2015   100.00 CHE LARRY WILLIAMS CONSULTING, LLC  2754 EASTWIND DRIVE  FERNANDINA BEACH, FL 32034    GOVT. CONSULTING       11/18/2015 1,000.00 CHE LKQ CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOOD GOVERNMENT 500 WEST MADISON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60661                    PAC 11/18/2015   500.00 CHE MAG MUTUAL FLORIDA PAC      P.O. BOX 52979      ATLANTA, GA 30355                        PAC              12/21/2015 1,000.00 CHE MAGIC KINGDOM, INC.     1675 N BUENA VISTA DRIVE    ORLANDO, FL 32830                        ENTERTAINMENT10/14/2015   500.00 CHE MAIN RECYCLING COMPANY, LLLP     P.O. BOX 2348  JACKSONVILLE, FL 32203                   RECYCLING COMPANY10/08/2015   500.00 CHE MARSHALL JR. BYRD F.280 BARRATARIA DR.      ST. AUGUSTINE, FL 32080                  ATTORNEY             10/16/2015   100.00 CHE MARTIN CATHERYN S.   1514 N HALIFAX DRIVE                     DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32118                     12/15/2015    75.00 INK MARTIN GOTTLIEB &ASSOCs 4932 SUNBEAM ROAD JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257 MEDICAL BILLING COMP EVENT FOOD & BEVERAG

12/17/2015   500.00 CHE MARTIN GOTTLIEB & ASSOCS 4932 SUNBEAM ROAD, STE. 100  JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257     MEDICAL BILLING COMP     11/30/2015   500.00 CHE MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.  1 MERCK DRIVE  WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ 08889             PHARMACEUTICAL COMPA   10/14/2015   500.00 CHE MORALES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC  6950 PHILIPS HIGHWAY, SUITE 15  JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY07/24/2015   1,000.00 CHE NEXTERA ENERGY PAC  700 UNIVERSE BLVD                    JUNO BEACH, FL 33408                     PAC   12/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC 103 CENTURY 21 DRIVE, STE 100  JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216     PAC 10/08/2015    1,000.00 CHE OCALA BREEDERS' SALES CO, INC   PO BOX 99      OCALA, FL 34478                          HORSE BREEDER   10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE ORANGE PARK KENNEL CLUB, INC    PO BOX 54249        JACKSONVILLE, FL 32245                   PARI MUTUEL10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE OTTENSTROER DUANE L.  10739 DEERWOOD PARK BLVD, STE 310        JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256   REAL ESTATE     12/17/2015   500.00 CHE PAUL D. LUCEY, MD, PA    326 OCEAN BLVD.         ATLANTIC BEACH, FL 32233                 PHYSICIAN       10/14/2015   400.00 CHE PAUL W. WHARTON, PH.D. CONSULTING, INC.  2273 SARAGOSSA AVE. JACKSONVILLE, FL 32217 GOVERNMENTAL CONSULT  10/14/2015   100.00 CHE PAUL W. WHARTON, PH.D. CONSULTING, INC.  2273 SARAGOSSA AVE JACKSONVILLE, FL 32217 GOVERNMENTAL CONSULT   10/14/2015   1,000.00 CHE PENTAGON PROPERTIES, LLC  PO BOX 47050           JACKSONVILLE, FL 32247                   REAL ESTATE   11/20/2015   1,000.00 CHE PHRMA  950 F STREET NW, STE 300                 WASHINGTON, DC 20004     PHARMACEUTICAL RESEA           12/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE PHYSICIANS FOR EMERGENCY CARE     610 S BOULEVARD          TAMPA, FL 33606                          PAC 10/16/2015     100.00 CAS PONTELLO MARY N.                         989 MONUMENT ROAD, APT. 113              JACKSONVILLE, FL 3222510/31/2015     -50.00 REF PONTELLO MARY N.                         989 MONUMENT ROAD, APT. 113              JACKSONVILLE, FL 3222512/17/2015     500.00 CHE POOLE WILLIAM R.                         500 WINDERLEY PLACE, STE. 115MAITLAND, FL 32751       PHYSICIAN10/14/2015      25.00 CHE RIVERS TOM                 303 PORPOISE POINT DRIVE                 ST. AUGUSTINE, FL 32084             12/17/2015      500.00 CHE RODRIGUEZ MARITZA     500 WINDERLEY PLACE, STE. 115            MAITLAND, FL 32751     PHYSICIAN        10/16/2015   1,000.00 CHE RPPTL - PAC     215 SOUTH MONROE STREET, STE 815         TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301                    PAC   12/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE SERKIN HOWARD C.  4417 BEACH BLVD. STE. 302   JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207                   INVESTMENT BANKER10/07/2015   1,000.00 CHE SOUTHEAST TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC       100 JIM MORAN BLVD DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442  AUTO DEALERSHIP  12/17/2015     500.00 CHE STEVEN B. KAILES, MD, PA    2001 KINGSLEY AVE.      ORANGE PARK, FL 32073                    PHYSICIAN  11/10/2015     172.69 INK STRUM SHANE  3501 JOHNSON STREET  HOLLYWOOD, FL 33021   HEALTHCARE           EVENT FOOD & BEVERAG

10/16/2015   1,000.00 CHE SURGI PAC - NORTH 1400 VILLAGE SQUARE BLDG, 3-175   TALLAHASSEE, FL 32312                    PAC  

11/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE TAKEDA    1 TAKEDA PARKWAY   DEERFIELD, IL 60015                      PHARMACEUTICAL COMPA      

11/18/2015     500.00 CHE TECO ENERGY, INC     702 N FRANKLIN ST        TAMPA, FL 33602                          ENERGY           11/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE THE DOCTORS COMPANY FLORIDA PAC          185 GREENWOOD ROAD  NAPA, CA 94558         PAC           

10/14/2015     500.00 CHE THE SCOTTS COMPANY   14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD       MARYSVILLE, OH 43041          LAWN CARE COMPANY        11/17/2015   1,000.00 CHE THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY          ONE TOWER SQUARE     HARTFORD, CT 06183  INSURANCE      

12/17/2015      50.00 CHE THIMANN DANIEL                           2983 BARI CT.                            JACKSONVILLE, FL 3224612/17/2015      50.00 CHE THIVIERGE KIMBERLY                       4135 WATER OAK LN.                       JACKSONVILLE, FL 3221012/24/2015   1,000.00 CHE TOWER HILL INSURANCE GROUP, LLC          P.O. BOX 147018       GAINESVILLE, FL 32614  INSURANCE CO.     11/30/2015     500.00 CHE TREEPAC PC, INC                          PO BOX 1696        TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302                    PAC12/24/2015     500.00 CHE UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC.    P.O. BOX 1459     MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55440                    HEALTHCARE       12/21/2015   1,000.00 CHE WALT DISNEY TRAVEL COMPANY, INC.220 CELEBRATION PLACE SUITE 4000  CELEBRATION, FL 34747 TRAVEL COMPANY  12/21/2015     500.00 CHE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAMBER ALLIANCE    PO BOX 11309     TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302                    PAC  12/17/2015     100.00 CHE WOHL AARON         1625 SE 13TH ST.                         CAPE CORAL, FL 33990                        12/24/2015     100.00 CHE ZAHN MARY B.       1537 EMMA LANE                           NEPTUNE BEACH, FL 32266                                                           

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                                                       Total:       102,434.95
158 Contribution(s) Selected

Unopposed Pro-Fracking State Rep. CYNDI STEVENSON Raises $61,475.22

Rep. CYNDI STEVENSON's campaign contributors have given  $61,475.22 to date. Interesting cast of characters, including SHERIFF DAVID SHOAR ($1000) and the usual list of Disney, Big Oil, Big Sugar, Alcohol, Developers, Big Law Firms and my favorite Floridian slip, the insurance company known as "Doctors Company, Inc." PAC ("Medical Malpractice").

10/14/2015 1,000.00 CHE 001 GATE PETROLEUM COMPANY CORPORATE ADM PO BOX 23627 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32241 FUEL SERVICES

09/04/2015 500.00 CHE 200 PONTE VEDRA INN & CLUB 200 PONTE VEDRA BLVD. PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL 32082 RESORT

12/11/2015 500.00 CHE ABBOTT LABORATORIES PO BOX 88 ABBOTT PARK, IL 60064 HEALTH CARE
11/21/2015 1,000.00 CHE ABC FINE WINE AND SPIRITS, INC. PO BOX 593688 ORLANDO, FL 32859 WINE AND SPIRITS
12/05/2015 1,000.00 CHE ADVANCE AMERICA 135 N. CHURCH STREET SPARTANBURG, SC 29306 NON-BANK CASH ADVANC
09/05/2015 1,000.00 CHE ADVANCED DISPOSAL 90 FORT WADE ROAD PONTE VEDRA, FL 32081 WASTE MANAGEMENT
07/31/2015 1,000.00 CHE AFI ASSOCIATES, INC. 3030 HARTLEY RD, STE 300 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32257 REAL ESTATE
09/30/2015 500.00 CHE ALEXANDER STEPHEN 2 F STREET ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32080 ATTORNEY
11/21/2015 1,000.00 CHE ALKERMES, INC. 852 WINTER STREET WALTHAM, MA 02451 BIOPHARMACEUTICAL
11/21/2015 500.00 CHE ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES 1401 I STREET NW SUITE 200 WASHINGTON, DC 20005 BREWERY
12/11/2015 500.00 CHE AT&T FLORIDA PAC 150 SOUTH MONROE STREET SUITE 400 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11/13/2015 500.00 CHE BAER DOUGLAS 77 TALLWOOD RD. JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL 32250 HEALTHCARE
11/21/2015 500.00 CHE BAILES JESS D. 201 CHASE AVE WINTER PARK, FL 32789 BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTOR
12/05/2015 500.00 CHE CARPAC 400 N MERIDIAN STREET TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301 FLORIDA AUTOMOBILE D
09/18/2015 500.00 CHE CEMEX MATERIALS, LLC 1501 BELVEDRE RD WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406 CONSTRUCTION MATERIA
12/04/2015 1,000.00 CHE CERNER CORPORATION PAC ACCOUNT 2800 ROCKCREEK PARKWAY KANSAS CITY, MO 64117 HEALTH CARE INFORMAT
12/16/2015 500.00 CHE COALITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PC 1390 TIMBERLANE ROAD TALLAHASSEE, FL 32312 AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12/05/2015 1,000.00 CHE COMCAST CORPORATION 1701 JFK BOULEVARD PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 MASS MEDIA COMPANY
08/26/2015 1,000.00 CHE COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA AGENTS PO BOX 13445 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317 INSURANCE
09/25/2015 500.00 CHE CSX TRANSPORTATION PO BOX 44057 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32231 TRANSPORTATION
05/22/2015 3,312.98 COF CYNDI STEVENSON CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT PO BOX 600726 ST JOHNS, FL 32260 2015 SPECIAL ELECTIO
07/08/2015 615.00 COF CYNDI STEVENSON CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT PO BOX 600726 ST JOHNS, FL 32260 2015 SPECIAL ELECTIO
10/10/2015 1,000.00 CHE DISNEY GIFT CARD SERVICES, INC SUNTRUST SUITE 505 LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL 32830 ENTERTAINMENT
10/10/2015 1,000.00 CHE DISNEY VACATION DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1390 CELEBRATION BLVD. CELEBRATION, FL 34747 ENTERTAINMENT
07/31/2015 100.00 CHE DURDEN BRENNA 245 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SUITE 150 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32202 ATTORNEY
07/18/2015 500.00 CHE FAIAPAC PO BOX 12001 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317 INSURANCE
09/18/2015 500.00 CHE FDA-PAC 118 E JEFFERSON ST TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301 DENTAL ASSOCIATION
08/10/2015 1,000.00 CHE FECI COMPANY, LLC 4601 TOUCHTON ROAD EAST BUILDING 300 S JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246 TRANSPORTATION
10/14/2015 500.00 CHE FL CHAMBER OF COMM PAC PO BOX 11309 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
08/31/2015 500.00 CHE FLORIDA ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS 119 E. PARK AVE TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
10/10/2015 500.00 CHE FLORIDA BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL AC PO BOX 11117 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302 BANKERS
09/03/2015 1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA BLUE PO BOX 2210 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32203 HEALTH INSURANCE
10/15/2015 500.00 CHE FLORIDA COW PAC PO BOX 421929 KISSIMMEE, FL 34742 CATTLEMEN"S ASSOCIAT
07/30/2015 1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA CPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, PO BOX 5437 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32314 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACC
07/30/2015 1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA CPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, PO BOX 5437 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32314 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACC
07/30/2015 1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA CPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, PO BOX 5437 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32314 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACC
07/30/2015 1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA CPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, PO BOX 5437 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32314 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACC
08/10/2015 1,000.00 CHE FLORIDA EAST COAST INDUSTRIES, INC. 4601 TOUCHTON ROAD EAST BUILDING 300 S JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246 TRANSPORTATION
10/13/2015 554.80 INK FLORIDA FOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY 115 EAST PARK AVENUE SUITE 1 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301 POLITICAL COMMITTEE FUNDRAISER EXPENSES
09/04/2015 500.00 CHE FLORIDA GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION PAC 325 JOHN KNOX RD. TALLAHASSEE, FL 32303 GROUND WATER ASSOCIA
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Questionable NYTimes Endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton for President

Read it here.  So The New York Times has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President as it did in 2008.

It devotes only one sentence to the illegal and criminal use of a private server for public business of the State Department, in violation of federal criminal laws:

• "Some [attacks (sic)], like those about Mrs. Clinton's use of a private email server, are legitimate and deserve forthright answers." 

The Times put the cart before the horse, endorsing  Hillary Clinton before those "forthright answers" have emerged after months of flummery, dupery and nincompoopery emitted by the the erstwhile New York U.S. Senator.  The Washington Post's Chris Cilizza wrote today that Clinton's defense of her e-mail violations of security laws "hit a major bump in the road," since the State Department states that some are so sensitive that they can never be released, while she has always maintained she did nothing wrong.  It was The Times' own reporters who broke the e-mail story last year, and who deserve Pulitzer consideration.

The Times did not evidence much thought in its reflexive, defensive endorsement, failing to discuss the merits of Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign. Pity.

Fortunately, in the age of the Internet, few people take seriously the endorsements of newspapers.   

While I have enjoyed reading The Times since the age of eleven, I am mindful of what JFK said about the difference between publishers and reporters.  It is publishers who make newspaper political endorsements.   They are too often cognitive misers and conservative.

I would no more vote for someone because of a one-percenter oligopolistic newspaper publisher's political candidate endorsement than I would based on any other one-percenter, or any other manufacturing business, e.g., one that belongs to the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Trucking Association  or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Newspapers are, after all, manufacturing businesses first, with wealthy billionaire stockholders, one-percenters who are threatened by Senator Sanders' populist critique of billionaires. 

Yet Another False St. Augustine Record Headline This Week

For the second time in a week, the St. Augustine Record has a false headline. This one hollers "fired" -- "St. Johns teacher fired for improper communications; police investigate sexual misconduct too" when the teacher in question has a hearing before the School Board on February 9th. On Tuesday, January 26th, The Record's headline writer wrote in its print and online editions "$200M" and "200 Million" when the correct figure was $200K/$200,000. No correction. No explanation. No apology. Does being The St. Augustine Record "mean never having to say you're sorry?" Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. said free speech does not include "yelling fire in a crowded theater."
Under libel law, the teacher is not a "public figure" and hollering "fired" in an erroneous headline is not protected activity, either.