Jeb, Regier, and DCF.....standing too close to alligators....

[madfloridian]

"Gov. Jeb Bush, who appointed Regier, continues to stand by him and said Regier's ethical lapses don't disqualify him from running the agency. The governor's been in Florida long enough to know that people who stand too close to alligators shouldn't be surprised when they're bitten."

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040808/NEWS/408080380/1036/EDIT

SNIP..."DCF's Regier's Ethics Lapses

Two top administrators in the Florida Department of Children & Families resigned recently. Their mistake: They took gifts from private contractors who had been awarded more than $4 million in DCF contracts.

DCF Secretary Jerry Regier, investigators also learned, had his birthday party hosted by a man doing $2 million in business with the DCF. On another occasion, Regier spent the night at the man's $3 million beach home. He has used his position to buy expensive concert tickets in luxury boxes by going through lobbyists who represent DCF vendors.

Under his leadership, the inspector general's report found that senior DCF administrators had inappropriate social relationships with the DCF's contractors; state bidding requirements were skirted to award contracts to insiders....."END SNIP

[Rose Siding]

1. Do you know anything about this McMahon guy, MF?

Any chance he's motivated to get results from his eight month long audit?

I'll rejoice with you if FL ever crawls out from under bushie heels, but as soon as Reiger was finessed into that job, even though he approved "discipline" that left bruises, it looked like Jeb owns the place.

[madfloridian]

2. Here's his website.

http://csd.sai.state.ok.us/#

I think he has been after Regier a while. I think Jeb knew all this stuff and more when he appointed him. This is the guy who has the DCF workers attending Christian devotions or something like....Christian training. That should have nothing to do with DCF workers' job descriptions.