County spinmeisters follo
I just spoke on the telephone with Cragin Mosteller, a spokesperson for the Florida Association of Counties.
Mosteller said she is also the writer of the 22-page document I posted on a previous blog. The document is essentially a guide for county officials to use to argue against the state Legislature's efforts at property tax reform, which have forced cuts to county and other local government budgets.
The document I received from a source is clearly marked "NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE." But Mosteller said the association never labeled the document as such, and she pointed out that it has been posted on the association of counties Web site for weeks sans the "NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE" label.
"We try to be very transparent," Mosteller told me. "Our position is clear. I'm upset that someone would alter the document. We wrote it in the sunshine."
The source who sent it to me said he received it from the Web site of the Walton County Association of Taxpayers. The document is still posted on that association's Web site, exactly as I received it and posted it myself.
I spoke with Bob Hudson, who handles the association's Web site. Hudson said he received it some weeks ago via email exactly as it is posted from another taxpayers association in another county.
That's as far as I've unraveled the mystery so far. I'll keep digging, and tell you more when I know more.
However it's labeled, the contents of the document are still newsworthy.
posted by Patrick Rice @ 9:13 AM
9 Comments
9 Comments:
Huuuuhh, What is going on here???'Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing'Partisan
What’s going on is called plausible deniability.
C.Y.A. people.
depends on what your definition of not for public release is. get caught in a lie, lie about it. it seems amazing how a bunch of people who're elected to look out for the public interest have such faulty memories. it transcends party lines, gender, and federal, state and local levels. this disease seems to run rampant in politicians and ceo's. i say let's quarantine them. it'll be good for society.
I was at the Victim's Advocate's office in Shalimar last week, and they were closing down because their funding was cut. I don't like the results of the tax cuts, but with reduced incomes and increased costs of living, I don't see a way around them. We're gonna need a lot more volunteers to fill in the gaps!
Being at the courthouse myself, I was very disappointed to hear the Victim's Advocates were cut. We certainly need you.
I'm impressed by your perspective.
sourse?
I went to the FAC website and tried to find this document posted as the FAC representative stated.
Maybe my search skills are lacking, but I do not find this 'Playbook" posted anywhere on their site.
I found a lot of other anti-tax reform position papers including a letter to the Governor encouraging him not to sign the legislation.
I've known Ms. Mosteller for a number of years, on a professional and personal level. She's a bumbling fool who is under the false impression that she's slick. Ask her a question with true depth and wait for the intellectually shallow answer. Very easy to expose, actually.
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