18 ordspråk av Mark Herron
Mark Herron
[Anderson] didn't act with any malice, ... he just didn't know how to fill out the form.
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A lot of people are going to be caught in this trap that they're creating.
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From my point of view, he's falling on the side of exercising his First Amendment right to voice his opinion. He's not using the mechanisms of campaigning to do it. He's just writing some letters.
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I don't think this situation is covered. It is measured as the difference between the first and second candidates. It is not measured between the difference of if you have a runoff or not.
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I think the Ethics Commission didn't give proper consideration to the investigation previously done by the deputy city manager, which concluded that he acted within the discretion given to him as chief of police in both instances.
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I'm just going to wait and see what they tell me. Whatever they say, we'll do it.
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None of our guys took part in the golf tournament.
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Now the Legislature has said it is clear that the law against gifts never envisioned covering this kind of stuff at conferences. That's our perspective, and we'll make that case to the [ethics] commission.
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The benefits to the people of the state of Florida of having a fair, relatively politics-free reapportionment would outweigh the costs,
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The dictionary definition of 'nonpartisan' says it's not controlled by any one political party.
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There are going to be a lot of groups that have problems with it.
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There would be a cost for expenses of the commission, for commission staff, for computers, ... But it would be approximately half of the cost now because there would not be duplication.
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There's a real risk there. They're creating a huge constitutional issue here.
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There's an acknowledgement that Mr. Anderson violated the election laws, but there's also a statement that when he was acting, he thought he was acting consistent with the law.
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There's no special private gain that's going to inure to him because of the vote. His share of the company is so infinitesimal.
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