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HOW TO MAKE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS
We are getting questions on how to make public records requests in Charlotte County. We are so happy to help the good citizens who are stepping up to help us in our watchdog role, so here are ten tips for making public records requests from our friends at the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee: Ten practical tips for the Public Records Act requester: Florida has a well-deserved reputation for allowing the public access to most government records. But that reputation does not mean the right of access is always easy to assert. Here are...
read moreA Tale of Waste and Incompetence
Our thanks to a concerned observer. Why is the refrigerator outside? A Tale of Waste and Incompetence 1. Lynette Auger, employee fondly known as the Turtle Lady, found a dead turtle while on the job. One of her job responsibilities is to preserve dead turtles and turn them over to someone who investigates the cause of death. Preserving the turtle means it needs to be frozen. 2. She put the dead turtle in the refrigerator used by the Park employees for storing lunch foods and beverages. The refrigerator was located in a building in the Parks...
read moreTURTLEGATE! PART II
STOP BAD GOVERNMENT GETS RESULTS!!! Thanks to the honest county employee that contributed the story about county employee Lynette Auger storing a dead turtle in a county refrigerator containing food for employee lunches. How would you like to go get your lunch from the fridge and find a stinking, dead turtle next to it? YUM! Sources revealed to SBG that Ms. Auger, aka “the Turtle Lady”, received a Written Warning for a “Safety and Health policy violation” for failing to properly store marine life — that would be the stinking, dead...
read moreHighlights of the March 3, 2015 Charlotte County School Board Meeting (Text Book Challenge)
Here are the highlights of the March 3, 2015 Charlotte County School Board meeting (text book challenge) and we will post The full video when the Government turns it over to us… Which could take years. March 3, 2015 School Board meeting Textbook challenge Part 1 March 3, 2015 School Board meeting Textbook challenge Part 2 March 3, 2015 School Board meeting Textbook challenge Part 3 March 3, 2015 School Board meeting Textbook challenge Part 4 March 3, 2015 School Board meeting Textbook challenge Part 5 March 3, 2015 School Board meeting...
read moreCHARLOTTE COUNTY GOVERNMENT MAFIA CAUGHT!!!
CHARLOTTE COUNTY GOVERNMENT MAFIA CAUGHT!!! INTERNAL COUNTY EMAILS REVEAL PATTERN OF DECEPTION! COMPANY WAS REPEATEDLY EXTORTED! $200,000 WASTED! CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMPLICIT! VOTED 5-0 TO DENY PERMIT ALREADY GRANTED COMMISSIONERS DID NOTHING TO PROTECT COMPANY TAXPAYERS EXPOSED TO LAWSUIT Best viewed on your tablet or computer, full screen. See documents posted EXCLUSIVELY on SBG: County emails to Circle K Approved county permit Formal complaint to County Administrator Raymond Sandrock from Circle K law firm To view documents,...
read moreRIPPING OFF THE TIF RIPOFF!
The story behind the original $9,000,000 TIF loan for the boondoggle “Parkside Beautification” was that it would be paid back with the “excess” property taxes from increased property values due to the beautification. Property values rose before even one dime of taxpayer funded “beautification” has occurred. The politicians will tell you this increase in tax revenue is because of their brilliant Parkside Project and therefore is considered a repayment of TIF. In other words, the “extra” $100,000...
read moreA Tale of Waste and Incompetence
Our thanks to a concerned observer. Why is the refrigerator outside? A Tale of Waste and Incompetence 1. Lynette Auger, employee fondly known as the Turtle Lady, found a dead turtle while on the job. One of her job responsibilities is to preserve dead turtles and turn them over to someone who investigates the cause of death. Preserving the turtle means it needs to be frozen. 2. She put the dead turtle in the refrigerator used by the Park employees for storing lunch foods and beverages. The refrigerator was located in a building in the Parks...
read moreCHARTER REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS
Bill Bigelow, representing and speaking for several county taxpayers made the following recommendations to the Charter Review Board (1) A vote, by the people affected, when the County is thinking of a new MSBU, (2) More influence by we the people and (3) Electing the County Administrator. (1) We are proposing Section 2.2 (H) of the Charter be amended to require the Board of County Commissioners (‘BOCC”) before it establishes any new M.S.B.U. or M.S.T.U Equivalent Residential Units (“ERU’s) to obtain approval via election ballots...
read moreHOW MUCH CAN YOU MAKE (STEAL) FROM TAXPAYERS FOR SCREWING UP A CONTRACT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN?
HOW MUCH CAN YOU MAKE (STEAL) FROM TAXPAYERS FOR SCREWING UP A CONTRACT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN? IF IT’S A CHARLOTTE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE $297,060.
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