Central Florida's boss hog in the news again.
IMHO, Central Florida operates under a shadow government concept that I'm sure many will rush to deny. But, the evidence is out there for anyone brave enough to put the details together. Today, there is major news for one of the boss hogs: Frank Kruppenbacher. He is a rain maker for the Republican party and it's my belief that it has been his ability to run interference between Tallahassee and Central Florida that has bolstered his power, despite the damage that this method of government incurs on the population. They don't have to be careful, because there are an untold number of people in the inside network who will defend him. No one wants to give him the exposure he deserve, until now.
The article is about the turmoil at the Florida Virtual School. This is only one of the many agencies that Kruppenbacher represented over the years. FLVS probably gave him high exposure because it took in 182 million of public money. In sum, I'm not surprised that many of his supporters on the FLVS board are fleeing, after Kruppenbacher was removed, or resigned.
From what I have determined over many years of reading public records, is that within the government agencies that he represented, it wasn't uncommon to find public contracts going to people who served on boards that Kruppenbacher represented. Back in the days before the internet, it was difficult to track when the jobs crossed county lines, unless the paper reported the connection. I don't know if there's a similar connection with the board members' departure at the FLVS, but it's worth looking into.
There is another similarity. A quote that rings familiar: "Everything had to be run through Frank." I've heard those words before in relation to a lawsuit in my city when Kruppenbacher was City Attorney. Though it does sound like he's become over-confidant based on this comment: "As far as moving forward with any initiatives within this organization, Frank was behind every door, every door." I bet he thinks wistfully back to the days when he could rely on a bunch of corrupt civilian community leaders to neutralize his own overreaches.
So enjoy a good read, and read carefully to learn who runs to his aid in his time of need, because you'll find the reason why no one can trust the legal system to fight this good ole boy system. At least not internally, within Central Florida.
Special Report: Florida Virtual School faces leadership crisis after resignation, investigations, unexpected death
Well-known Orlando attorney Frank Kruppenbacher’s ties to former Gov. Rick Scott helped him amass authority at the state-run Florida Virtual School until a clash with its new leader led to his abrupt departure last summer, touching off a crisis at the school considered a national pioneer in online education.
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During his eight years as governor, Scott appointed some people to the FLVS board of trustees with ties to Kruppenbacher, who was the school’s general counsel. An audit found Kruppenbacher influenced who won some school business and circumvented procedures for giving out lucrative contracts — handing one such payment to his soon-to-be son-in-law. Employees at the school complained of a “culture of intimidation” and feared they could lose their jobs if they crossed Kruppenbacher, according to hundreds of pages of school documents related to an investigation into his behavior and interviews with 10 current or former employees, most of whom asked not to be named because they feared repercussions in the community.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-kruppenbacher-takeover-flvs-20190411-story.html
