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St. Petersburg TimesTALLAHASSEE — When U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson's office tried to contact Gov. Rick Scott's top lieutenant, Mary Anne Carter offered her cell number, her state e-mail address and a warning.
"I rarely check and almost never respond to work e-mail because of the open records law," Carter wrote from her private e-mail account.
The admission stunned an open government advocate who said it was a chilling insight into an administration that has created roadblocks to Scott's own goal of accountability.
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The e-mail, along with hundreds of other(s) received by the Times/Herald, shows why Nelson was interested in Carter: She's the main operator within the new governor's nascent administration.
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/gubernatorial/top-adviser-avoids-creating-public-records-as-she-shapes-gov-rick-scotts/1166647
This woman has led the charge advising Rick Scott to:
1. Reverse Governor Charlie Crist's effort to restore voting rights for ex-felons who have served out their sentences.
2. Drag his feet on redistricting, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters last year.
3. To intentionally obfuscate the problem with Carl Littlefield, Scott's pick to head the Agency for Persons with Disabilities by emphasizing a "deficit problem" with the agency instead of the actual problem with this nominee. The problem with Carl Littlefield was that he had been in charge of a group home for disturbed men, including sex offenders, and had
allowed them to engage in sexual activities with each other. He beat a hasty retreat before his Senate confirmation process.
(Scott later found another job for Littlefield, in a lower-profile position in the Department of Children and Families. Just swell.)
4. Cut state spending for the disabled.
So far, in the first four months of his disastrous term, Rick Scott's office has received 560 public records requests.
But Miss Mary Anne Carter refuses to comply with state laws, so she can protect her fraudster boss.
When will it be enough, Florida?