Former Broward official used tax money to give himself, 8 others larger pe

[Judi Lynn]

Former Broward official used tax money to give himself, 8 others larger pensions

By Buddy Nevins
and Scott Wyman Staff Writers
Posted October 11 2005

During his eight months as Broward County's interim property appraiser last year, Rocky Rodriguez paid himself an inflated $25,346 in sick leave and used another $191,000 in tax money to buy himself and eight others a bigger pension.

The payments were discovered recently by County Auditor Evan Lukic and Lori Parrish, who succeeded Rodriguez as property appraiser in January. At Lukic's suggestion, Parrish is asking state Attorney General Charlie Crist whether Rodriguez broke any laws.

Rodriguez said his attorneys have told him that he acted properly and is entitled to the money. But his reasoning has not appeased Parrish, who was angered by a Sept. 9, 2004, memo she found in which Rodriguez authorized paying himself the extra two years of retirement.

"I've made do with used furniture and have my staff come in on the weekends with their own Pledge and paper towels to make this place presentable, and he was off spending all that money on himself. I can't believe it," Parrish said last week.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-crocky11oct11,0,198108.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

On edit: It took Huffleclaw and Iamjoy to bring it up before I remembered to mention this fine politician is a Republican! (But of course he would be, right?)

[HuffleClaw]

1. republican activist... appointed by jeb...

really, thats all that needs to be said.

[6th Borough]

8. Yup...a fill-in after the previous property appraiser died.

...no surprise here. Hell, he knew he was handed an elected position without having to actually face an election; add to that the fact that he knew it was a temp job and when it would end.

Wonder if he thought this would go unnoticed if the repub candidate had won the election...though if he had a brain, he would have known that repubs barely stand a chance in hell winning county-wide elections in Broward. The former property appraiser had to change from a repub to a Democrat after nearly losing his job...after holding the position for some 30-odd years.

JudiLynn, are you from Broward, by any chance?

[guruoo]

9. GOP principle#1: 'He who dies with the most toys wins'

[iamjoy]

2. Include The Party In Your Post

That's what we all want to know, is he a Democrat or Republican.

We can't just assume all corrupt officials are Republican, or that all Republican officials are corrupt.

The guy is a Jeb crony.

[Judi Lynn]

4. You're right. I'll go add it. I usually do. Forgot. Thanks. n/t

[FlashHarry]

3. Pension??? That's it??? I thought it was going to be a bigger pe...

...

[japple]

5. Must admit I thought the same thing....

mind in gutter.

[TygrBright]

6. heehee... Glad I'm not the only dirty mind here...

NT

[zanne]

12. I not only thought it said "penis"......

I was wondering how they were going to buy bigger ones.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. OK

I was thinking that too

[yellowcanine]

10. Me too. Yikes! It's catching!

[truthisfreedom]

11. pledge and paper towels ain't gonna clean up the sh*t in Florida, honey.

you need a power sprayer and hazmat suits.