Posted on 06/12/2004 11:49:27 AM PDT by PRSOrlando
Law-enforcement agents raided Orlando City Hall on Friday and carted off computers used by top managers in the Fire Department as part of their widening investigation into possible election fraud in the mayor's race.
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would reveal few details of their inquiry, but a search warrant indicated that investigators are trying to determine whether city firefighters were improperly paid with taxpayer money while campaigning for Mayor Buddy Dyer.
"It's part of our ongoing criminal investigation of election fraud," FDLE legal adviser Steve Brady said. "It's all related to the same issue, the mayoral-election issue."
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
I'm here in O'do too. The Orlando, Slantinel, (owned by Chicago Trib) which loves Dyer, played this big on front page, complete with photo of computers rolling out of city hall.
This may have some legs.
I wish I could be as optimistic as you both in your assessment, but I have developed too much cynicism when it comes to 'rats being held accountable for their illegalities.
I hope my cynicism proves to be unwarranted in this case; I would love to be pleasantly surprised.
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