Rick Scott to state law chief, Gerald Bailey, "resign or retire, and do it before 5 o'clock."

[madfloridian]

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Rick Scott again Monday continued to say that he did not tell the head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to resign. George Bailey continues to dispute him. Guess who I believe.

Scott's office blatantly refuses to be honest. Apparently the time for him to resign was changed to 3 pm because "the media is on this."

Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Bailey: Scott's Account of Outster ‘Untrue'


GERALD BAILEY, who was ousted as commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last month, disputes the latest account of his being asked to leave the post. "When the governor's office gives you until 3 o'clock to resign, you're not working out anything with your successor," said Bailey.
JOHN RAOUX | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday issued yet another account of Gerald Bailey's ouster from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Bailey broke a self-imposed silence to call it "absolutely untrue."

The former FDLE commissioner also gave the Times/Herald new details of a Dec. 16 visit from Scott's top lawyer that abruptly ended his 35-year career in law enforcement and set off the ugliest controversy of Scott's tenure, with Cabinet members calling for outside investigations and First Amendment experts exploring possible Sunshine Law violations.

.....Scott's press office claimed for the first time that on the day he was ousted, Bailey was asked to work out a transition with his successor at FDLE, Rick Swearingen. Bailey said no such request was made and that Scott's office again was not telling the truth.

"When the governor's office gives you until 3 o'clock to resign, you're not working out anything with your successor," Bailey told the Times/Herald.

More:

An unsuspecting Bailey said that Scott's general counsel, Pete Antonacci, arrived at his office on a Tuesday morning and told him: "We've known each other a long time, and this is not my idea. You've got two choices: resign or retire, and do it before 5 o'clock."

A St. Pete lawyer who claims Rick Scott violates Sunshine State laws is considering filing a lawsuit.

[madfloridian]

1. Wow, Now Scott's being blasted by ex-prisons' chief about too many deaths, other problems.

http://politics.heraldtribune.com/2015/02/02/ex-prisons-chief-blasts-rick-scott/

TALLAHASSEE — The former head of Florida's prisons is blasting Gov. Rick Scott and his administration, saying they put politics ahead of guard and prisoner safety.

Mike Crews, who resigned in November as Department of Corrections head, told the Miami Herald in an interview published Sunday that Scott's aides were worried last year that deaths and other problems at the prisons would hurt the governor's re-election chances and wanted him to blame employees who weren't at fault. He says he refused.

He said the governor's office worried most about appearances.

...."I guess you can say they were more concerned with the crafting and writing of news releases and that had little to do with the reality of what needed to be done to keep the institutions safe and secure," Crews said.

[RockaFowler]

2. Why didn't they say anything before the election??

I still can't believe we have to live with this guy for the next 4 years. My God we are doomed here

[madfloridian]

3. Exactly.

I so agree.

[JCMach1]

4. I started a FB group years ago devoted to ridding FL of this pest...

join if you are interested...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Call-for-the-Resignation-of-Gov-Rick-Scott/209438032415207

[madfloridian]

5. Thanks, not on FB.

Put it on Twitter and I'll follow quickly.

Good for you. Even the teaparty types which abound in my area don't even like him anymore.