Text messages expose high ranking Repub in Orlando, no more than a puppet to

[Baitball Blogger]

her lobbyist "unofficial" lawyer.

Sentinel Exclusive: Jacobs' texts show coordinated campaign with foes of sick time

Thousands of cellphone text messages accidentally released by Mayor Teresa Jacobs paint the clearest picture yet of how the sick-time ballot initiative was kept off the Nov. 6 Orange County ballot.

They also show the influence of corporate lobbyists and legal confidantes on Jacobs, who ran as a maverick outsider willing to take on powerful interests.

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"These secret texts have pulled back the curtain on an ugly puppet show where special interests pull the strings, politicians dance and 50,000 voters who signed petitions get left out in the cold," said Stephanie Porta, a leader in the Citizens for a Greater Orange County group behind the measure. "What if this is just the tip of the iceberg?"

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Kevin Shaughnessy, a top unofficial adviser and BakerHostetler attorney, texted Jacobs on Aug. 26: "Going to try to get 3 theme parks and [Mears Transportation Group] on conf[erence] call in the morning to discuss … Hope you will join us.''



http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-sick-time-defeat-revealed-20120928,0,4546242.story

[DirkGently]

1. Shaughnessy choreographed the mayor in real time.

That was some gob-smackingly dirty pool yhe Orange County Commission and the Star Chamber of Commerce pulled to keep Earned Sick Leave off the ballot.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Give them another ten years unchallenged and they'll make this kind of access legal.

[DirkGently]

3. The GrayRobinson firm is probably working on that now.

[DirkGently]

4. I think this is the link you want

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-sick-time-defeat-revealed-20120928,0,4546242.story

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Thanks. my last cut and paste didn't take.

[nashville_brook]

6. k and r

[Mnemosyne]

7. K&R for more eyes. nt