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Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:02 PM Jul 2015

Incredible hubris among elected officers continues with the case of the missing bouganvillea

When you see a board member or commissioner skirting the law and encroaching on the legal rights of their neighbor, you have to wonder what other rules they feel free to break. It seems apparent that she's guilty, so she should lose her job for abuse of power.


Casselberry commissioner investigated after neighbor reports 4 missing bougainvillea plants

Sandra Solomon, a longtime Casselberry city commissioner, is under investigation after being accused of having her landscaper remove four of the large ornamental plants from her neighbor's yard, according to a Casselberry Police report.

Police said the plants each were about 8 feet tall and had a combined value of nearly $500.

Neighbor Jorge Montes called police Saturday after noticing that the four plants were missing from his yard on Bayberry Drive. The only remnant of the trees was a dirt patch, police reported.

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Her attorney Mark Solomon, said he could not comment because it is an ongoing criminal investigation. Solomon, who is the city commissioner's son, said he plans to meet with the neighbors next week.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-casselberry-commissioner-investigated-bougainvillea-20150716-story.html
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Incredible hubris among elected officers continues with the case of the missing bouganvillea (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 OP
Ya know, I bet if the police came to my door investigating a crime, they wouldn't let me leave. Shrike47 Jul 2015 #1
It's all about public outrage. Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #2

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
1. Ya know, I bet if the police came to my door investigating a crime, they wouldn't let me leave.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:40 PM
Jul 2015

It's good to be queen.

Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts)
2. It's all about public outrage.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 06:42 PM
Jul 2015

And they will try to deflect that with the usual roll of the eye and verdict that, "It's just ignorance."

That's an excuse that many of us would call white privilege.

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