Andrew Gillum and the Mystery of 311 East Jennings Street

Real Clear Investigations ^ | November 2, 2018 | Steve Miller

[C19fan]

Among the many questions about an FBI corruption probe that is nagging Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum – one that could follow the Democrat uptown to the governor's mansion if he wins election next week – is something few people outside Florida are asking: What does his political rise have to do with 311 E. Jennings St.?

An arcane question, perhaps. Yet the Tallahassee address offers a window into how politics is done in Florida's capital, and may say a lot about how Bernie Sanders-endorsed leftist has mastered the game.

[C19fan]

So far the polling seems to favor Gillum for Gov of FL with his opponent De Santis at best in a statistical tie. If this FL version of Al Sharpton wins, Floridians deserve what is coming good and hard.

[kabar]

I have a feeling that a lot of Dem “crackers” are not going to vote for Gillum.

[Religion and Politics]

To be sure, there will be plenty in Florida who would not deserve such a fate but rather they will have it foisted upon them.

[Liz]

There's those braindead Broward jerks that elected the imbecile sheriff Israel as Obama blanketed Broward with
$53 million to keep minorities off arrest records. Also "in charge" the infamous day of the massacre was Obama's
hand-picked pal from Chicago----Broward School Supt, Robert Runcie. Runcie cleaned up----got a $28,000 raise and
a pile of benefits bringing Runcie’s salary to $335,000 and extended his employment through June 30, 2023.

Under the new contract, Runcie would:
-- Be able to trade in 15 of his 29 vacation days for a cash value of $20,500.
-- Get $48,000 contributed annually from the school board for retirement plans
-- Be allowed to earn a pension based on four years of his service in Chicago,
estimated to cost taxpayers $80,000.

More than 30 people braindead Broward residents lined up to praise Runcie. Leaders of local community organizations, businesses and schools praised improved student achievement, Runcie’s (cough) communication skills and inclusion and protection of immigrants and minorities under Obama's vaunted "Promise" plan.

Then the massacre of 17 students and faculty took place.

Runcie was named Supt of The Year.

[rfp1234]

Interesting. If Gillum wins and is later forced to resign due to indictment, would the Lt. Gov. automatically take over? And who is leading the Lt. Gov, race, D or R?

[Liz]

Another reason to thank God Hillary lost. Here she is with her candidate for DHS.

Hillary and the imbecile Broward sheriff Israel---after the massacre,
he still has his high-paid job and perks, an $800,000 L/E budget,
and $53 million federal tax dollars from Obama for keeping criminal minorities off the arrest roles.

[Liz]

Mayor Andrew Gillum and the Mystery of 311 East Jennings Street
a morass of addresses, interconnections, swaps and deals raising questions about Mayor Gillum's alliances.
Gillum was elected to the city commission in 2003 and became mayor in 2014; insists he has been told he is not the target of the FBI inquiry.

<><>local businessman J.T. Burnette, a major Gillum backer who in 2014 received $883,000 in city subsidies for developing a downtown hotel. He declined to comment for this story. Burnette, in fact, has become a major political player supporting candidates of both parties – by taking advantage of what’s known as the LLC loophole. Florida is one of several states that allows limited liability corporations – even if they have the same ownership -- to contribute as separate individuals, permitting donors to give the maximum amount of $1,000 from each of their subsidiaries.

<><> 52 LLCs list the Jennings Street address, many of which have donated to state and local campaigns. Those businesses include Sunnyland Solar, connected to a city-subsidized liberal-loving clean energy project now under FBI scrutiny. Mayor Gillum voted in 2011 to give Sunnyland Solar up to $5.4 million in subsidies.

<><>The Jennings Street address also houses KaiserKane, a national security contractor with millions of dollars in federal contracts, including multimillion-dollar deals with the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice.

<><>KaiserKane, named in the FBI subpoena, actually bought the Jennings Street property in 2013 for $1.15 million, records show. The building was sold in 2016 to 311 Jennings LLC, a company that lists Burnette’s home as its corporate address. The Jennings building was sold again in March 2017 to the PACE Center for Girls, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit. KaiserKane still uses the address for its Tallahassee office on its website "contact" page. Cynthia Montgomery, a lawyer representing PACE, said her client is the lone occupant of the 12,000-square-foot building. KaiserKane President Melissa Oglesby did not return a call.

<><> Mayor Gillum’s actions have prompted other questions. Until last month, his campaign was operating out of 1550 Melvin, owned by longtime confidante Sharon Lettman-Hicks. It’s the same building he has worked out of in his side gigs, first as director of youth leadership for the advocacy group People for the American Way, then for Lettman-Hicks’ P & P Communications, where Gillum was vice president. Just what he did for P & P, though, is not known. The company has no website, no dedicated phone line and has not formally disclosed its clients.

<><> The building was bought with funding from the Northwest Florida Black Business Investment Corporation, a tax-exempt group that provides investment funding. Two of the investment corporation directors are part of a group that in July received $281,000 in Talahassee community development money for exclusive rights to a development project in the city.

(hat tip RealClearInvestigations)

[Ann Archy]

The more those Lefties see all this, the more they WANT to VOTE FOR HIM!! They LOVE CORRUPTION!

[PGalt]

BUMP! BUMP!

[Mase]

For later...

[Nifster]

Polls are useless

Early voting and absentee ballot return data say otherwise

[upchuck]

Gillum is slimy. He is the antithesis of what FL needs as a governor.

IMHO, the polls, as usual, are wrong and DeSantis will win this by 2-3 points.

No matter what happens in the election, Gillum needs to be indicted and brought before a jury. Given the amount of evidence gathered by the FBI, I think the trial outcome has already been decided.

[Liz]

52 LLCs list the Jennings Street address, many of which have donated to state and local campaigns.....and to Gillum.

Now here's some 64 thousand dollar questions :
<><> How many voters are listed at the Jenning Street Address .....who also list ANOTHER voting address?
<><> How many times did they vote?

<><> How many "ladies" list the Jennings Street address as their residences?
<><> how many of these "ladies" know Gillum?

[NautiNurse]

FL Lt. Governor a running mate on the same ticket with Gubernatorial candidate. Like POTUS and VP on same ticket.

[NautiNurse]

Gillum is slimy.

So was Charlie Crist.