Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Resigns

[johnfunk]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigned Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott's office just announced.

Earlier Tuesday she was interviewed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is assisting in a national probe of Allied Veterans of the World, a Florida-based nonprofit that operates a chain of internet cafes.

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[Gov. Rick] Scott chief of staff Adam Hollingsworth released the follow statement:

"Individuals were arrested Tuesday for a racketeering and money laundering charges in connection with Allied Veterans of the Worlds illegal gambling companies. Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll consulted for Allied Veterans while serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives in 2009 and 2010. She was interviewed by Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers Tuesday regarding her work with the company. Lt. Gov. Carroll resigned in an effort to keep her former affiliations with the company from distraction from the administration's important work on behalf of Florida families. She made the right decision for the state and her family."

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/gubernatorial/florida-lt-gov-jennifer-carroll-resigns/2108607

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[Roy Rolling]

1. Ironic

Ironically, the fact she was associated with an organized group that allegedly laundered money and fleeced the public is the reason she got the job with Rick Scott to begin with. Scott can recognize a comrade when he interviews one.

[hue]

12. Yes it is one of Scott's job requirements...

[Blue_Tires]

34. +1

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. It's a great day for equality...

Carroll has proven that an African American female Republican can be EVERY BIT AS CORRUPT as a white male Republican.

America salutes you, Ms. Carroll. You're a fine American.

[AnnieK401]

21. Good one.

[xtraxritical]

22. Thank you Jeff, I wish I had said it.

[adieu]

35. It's not the color of the skin

that makes a person bad. It's the letter "R" after the name that indicates a bad person.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

43. She resigned so she could spend more time with her jailor.

[CatWoman]

3. I remember her

she was the dumb ass who stated she was "too attractive" to be a lesbian

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. Really?

More attractive that Portia de Rossi?
Than Justin Bieber?

Pish-Posh!

[groundloop]

16. Justin Bieber's a Lesbian?

I'd have never guessed.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. She was one of the fakes Rmoney bussed in to the NAACP Convention

http://www.yourblackworld.net/2012/07/black-news/naacp-official-romney-bused-in-200-supporters-to-cheer-for-him-at-naacp-convention/

How's she like it now?

Opportunism never pays in the end.

[Cha]

36. Like she gave a shit..

CNN’s Roland Martin said he saw 200 people get off Romney buses and make a bee line for the convention halls, including Florida Lt Gov. Jennifer Carroll.

“President Obama’s policies are failing us,”Carroll said in a press statement yesterday “The African-American unemployment rate increased by almost an entire percentage point last month and, at 14.4 percent, it is almost double that of the nation’s overall unemployment rate. This is simply unacceptable. We cannot settle for another month of nearly nonexistent job creation. President Obama’s policies have made a bad situation worse for struggling African-American families. Fortunately, we can put a stop to these job-killing policies by electing Mitt Romney. Governor Romney understands and knows what it takes to create a favorable environment for job creation, and with his pro-growth agenda, Mitt Romney will steer our country back in the right direction and this direction will help restore prosperity for African American-families.”

thanks for the link, BumRushDaShow

[yellowcanine]

6. "She made the right decision for the state and her family."

Not to mention herself. I smell a plea deal.

[Berlum]

7. Republican Family Values. As usual.

[Botany]

8. This smells like Spiro Agnew's resignation

She might have been into the scam up to her eyeballs and was given the chance to
quit in lieu of being prosecuted.

[NBachers]

9. Another slimy, festering specimen from the republican cesspool

[fitman]

10. Republican women

Governors and lt gov's.. sure do have a habit of resigning early.....

[hue]

13. I wish it would happen in Wisconsin..."Barbie doll" Kleefisch

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Another shining moment of achievement for the Gov. McFraudy administration! nt

[hue]

14. K&R!

[L0oniX]

15. Now if Rick and Pam would resign. n/t

[Lochloosa]

19. Kick for Pam's resignation.

[SunSeeker]

17. Another RepubliCON. nt

[Puzzledtraveller]

18. Internet cafes, those still exist?

[Madmiddle]

20. Seems republicans nationwide

are finally getting caught up with for the criminal enterprise they really are. Now time to do a national purge of all these crooks. And not by using the same courts that are filled with the same political crooks but by people and national tribunals...

[UpInArms]

23. proof that women who identify themselves as republicans have relinquished themselves to the cult

[Third Doctor]

27. She actually said this?! My god..

[DeSwiss]

42. Wanda can crack jokes with the best of 'em....

...and Tracy can sing her butt off:

- Grifting, on the other hand, is not so much a talent as it is a parasitic mutation.....

[lpbk2713]

24. SSDD ... Nothing changes but the changes.

History repeats itself.

[Doctor_J]

25. Who could have foreseen this?

the governor's a convicted fraudster. why wouldn't his lt be?

[secondvariety]

38. Actually,

Scoot is too greasy to bring a conviction. He plead the Fifth like 75 times and skated.

[The Wizard]

26. Do not pass GO

Do not collect $200.

[retread]

28. I don't get it. Why does racketeering and money laundering disqualify her for political office in

Florida?

[Rebellious Republican]

33. You have it all wrong......

Those are the requirments to continue on the fast track to bigger and better things in Florida.

[JPK]

29. DU'ers should do a little research....

......On Associated Industries of Florida. A rats nest of right wing industry lobbyists with a history of smokey back room dealings going back decades. Where's there's a buck, this group is there to grab a piece. Tort reform, the tobacco industry, I'd bet they're involved somehow.

[JPK]

30. Also, here in Jacksonville.......

The president and first VP of the local FOP was arrested in connection with this scandal. Others involved as well locally.

[freethought]

31. Watch for the return of Katherine Harris.

Wouldn't that be a kick in the head.

[Rebellious Republican]

32. Wonder which GOP scum will replace her, good talent is hard to find!

She is peanuts compared to Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. John Ellis Bush. She is falling on the GOP sword to keep their campaigns alive. I am sure the GOP has a golden parachute set up for her.

[adieu]

37. Sorry, she's black

she's on her own. At least she's not going to prison. That's the most of a handout she's going to get. That's the primary difference between being a White Republican and a generic non-white republican. She's not in their tight little group.

And if she decides to spill any beans. Expect to see an unfortunate accident on a small plane or tires blown on her car. If she wants to live, even in obscurity, she'll keep quiet and probably find a reasonable position as a superintendent at some school district.

[Third Doctor]

39. I have read some of what her fellow Repugs

are saying and thinking and they are tearing her apart. Racial slurs and everything. These are people that she sided with.

[adieu]

40. When you lie with dogs

you get up with fleas. I'm sorry that she has to get all the racial hatred thrown at her. But that's the lot she picked when she decided to go GOP. Same here in San Francisco with Harmett Dhillon, a Sikh attorney who became CA's Vice-Chair of the CA GOP. When the shits go down, she will have nobody to cover for her, because she's not white and male and christian. But, as long as things are fine, she'll do well.

[DeSwiss]

41. ''Usually black women that look like me....

...don't engage in relationships like that.''

- Besides, people like me look terrible in orange.....

K&R