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Congratulation Duval, Clay and Nassau

 Proclaiming "a new and glorious day in the State Attorney's office," Angela Corey won a landslide vote to win the top prosecutor post less than two years after she was fired as an assistant State Attorney.

Corey beat chief assistant state attorney Jay Plotkin by a nearly two-to-one margin in Tuesday's vote to become the first newly-elected State Attorney in the fourth judicial circuit in 17 years.

"The fact that it's this overwhelming is the public making a statement that they want to see new momentum like this in the State Attorney's office," Corey told reporters at her victory party. "I think you guys will be pleased in what we have to present as far as our structure and the way we'll conduct business in the office."

CONNECTING THE DOTS:

I believe that it is safe to say that the vast majority of intelligent and moral people are tired of Harry Shorstein, tired of the wanton hate speech and lies from Mike Taylor and will be very glad to see both of them gone. Everyone that is, except the elitist power mongers and the Frenzied Order of Punks (fop). Before those of us that have not yet voted head to our respective polling places, I wanted to connect a few more dots, just in case some of you have not connected them yet.

Tuesday my husband and I met with Dan Skinner and Sam Garrison with the State Attorney's office.  Our purpose was to inquire why charges were not filed against Adam Taylor.  Basically we were told that by Taylor's own admission he did break the law and lewd charges could be filed, but it was the decision of Harry Shorstein not to file any charges.  They stated that they were not going for lewd charges, but instead sexual assault.  I felt these two individuals seemed honestly concerned for the situation, but their hands are tied on this as a decision was made by their superiors.  They stated they did believe my daughter and would meet with her to tell her this and discuss the ramifications of a trial so she is knowledgeable of what is involved.    Mr. Skinner stated that lewd charges are often used when there was consent, even though it is not required for the charge.  This is why they did not seek lewd charges.  He said sometimes sexual battery charges are reduced to lewd charges as negotiation. My husband and I expressed that we were wanting him charged with the lewd charges instead of no charges at all.  He suggested we meet with Julie Schlax with the Jacksonville State Attorney's Office, then after the election with Harry Shorstein.  They stressed that the SAO is not being politically motivated.  I have to say that these gentlemen seemed very concerned about the entire situation.  Mr. Skinner said he would be doing exactly what we are doing if it was his daughter.  I truly want to believe in the system and the people we have entrusted to make lawful decisions, so I will do as they stated and take it to the next level.  We were also told that the case could be reopened, no explanation will be given on that at the present time.  If that information is given to Taylor's attorney I will lose what trust I do have with the SAO.  Interestingly though prior to our preestablished meeting I got a call that Hank Coxe had a meeting with Dan Skinner.  Coincidence?  Let me know what you think. 

There is another blog going about Grass Roots and Accountability that I didn't want to sidetrack with this.  But answer me if you will your opinion on whether or not the facts that I am about to pose resemble accountability at any level.

We did not have a builder for our home, we acted as the Builder and hired a GC.  To make a long and frustrating story short this General Contractor essentially embezzled not only from us but also two Detectives for JSO.  We alone lost nearly 100K before we had proof and fired him.  We had all the documents, proof that any layman could clearly see.  He had so many sets of records you would have thought his name was Sybill.  It took us a year to get him charged even though we laid the proof at their door, it took another two for the State Attorney to end up offering him a plea deal that no one consulted us about......... he would spare the county a trial and plead guilty and pay restitution for no jail time.  It gave him lots of time to move all of his own properties into trusts where they cannot be touched.  We thought we would get lucky on one that was overlooked but the State Attorney released it!