AP: (Jeb) Bush speechwriter resigns amid allegations of plagiarism

[ryban]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush's speechwriter resigned Tuesday, citing news reports detailing allegations of plagiarism and sexual harassment while he worked at a newspaper.

Lloyd Brown, 65, was hired by Bush on Dec. 20, about a month after he retired as the editorial page editor of The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. While at the newspaper, a review found instances of plagiarism in editorials he had written.

The review was sparked after a former Times-Union editorial writer, Billee Bussard, wrote a lengthy article in Folio Weekly, a Jacksonville weekly newspaper.

In the article, titled "Porn, Hypocrisy, Plagiarism: The Dark Side of Jacksonville's Daily," Bussard wrote that Brown viewed Internet pornography in the paper's office, and she said he conducted sexual conversations on the telephone while viewing the pornography in the workplace.

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http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/011805/D87MQR8G0.shtml

[maddezmom]

1. good and thank you Bussard

and the newspaper that exposed him and Jeb. :puke:

[Just Me]

2. Of course, "God" had nothing to do with it,...this time. n/t

[soup]

3. Thank you for the update, ryban.

Quite often these stories pop up, then move off the radar when something else comes along and the outcome is just left hanging.

and kudos to Billee Bussard for getting the ball rolling.

[MasonJar]

4. Okay! it doesn't matter if you rig 3 elections, but no copying.

[Pithy Cherub]

5. O'Lielly's mentor?

*'s don't vet their choices well...

[V Lee]

6. Resigned? He's obviously not "Bush cabinet" material.

He broke the law and he resigned? That's odd. When members of GW's cabinet break they law he gives them medals.

Hopefully George will call Jeb and straighten him out!

[davidinalameda]

7. surprised that the Times Union would fess up to this

they're so damn right wing its sickening

[Joanne98]

8. Hahahaha