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May 3, 2012 at 9:45 am

The Public Safety Crisis That Wasn’t

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The Public Safety Crisis That Wasn’t

 The Public Safety Crisis That Wasn’t

These days we have become unfortunately quite accustomed to politicians wasting taxpayer dollars.  The recent GSA scandal, the stimulus, TARP and the auto industry bailout are just some examples.  The new Judicial Center would be a recent example of how it happens in Lake County.  That brings us to the Summit Greens Public Safety Crisis of 2012.

For years, a few residents from the Summit Greens retirement community, near Clermont, have been demanding a traffic signal at their rear entrance.  This signal, estimated to cost $150,000, by a county official, will be paid for by every resident of Lake County.  Some have asked, “So what is the problem, they put signals in all the time”? The problem is the county has a specific process for the approval of traffic signals.  This process is based on an unbiased traffic study done by outside consultants or professional county staff, who use the same consistent objective data to evaluate whether each signal is warranted or not.  This process has been used on the approval of every traffic light in Lake County.  To date, no signal that was deemed unwarranted has ever been approved and installed by the County Commission.

The Summit Greens signal has had not one, but two studies (2008 and 2010) and a staff analysis (2012), and it has been deemed to be unwarranted every time.

Public Safety Crisis?

Those few residents from Summit Greens claim that this is a public safety issue, but is it really? In a September 2008 Signal Warrant Analysis, prepared by Lake County Public Works, it states,  “The study was initiated by a citizen’s complaint, Residents of Diamonds Club (Summit Greens) and West Point experience delay in making left turns when exiting their community”.  So, we can conclude from that, this was never about safety; rather, it was about the personal convenience for a small group of residents.

A Clermont Councilman, who supports the unwarranted signal, wrote in a recent email “The signal at this intersection may not be warranted for a traffic evaluation, but it is necessary for public safety.”  If it is not necessary for public safety by an objective and unbiased study, then what criteria would make it necessary?  We have gone back and looked at the facts.  For a traffic signal to be warranted, the intersection needs to have experienced five accidents in a one year period.  In the past four years, there have been seven accidents at this intersection, none of which resulted in significant damage or injuries.  According to a 2012 traffic study, four of these accidents would not have been prevented by a traffic signal at this intersection.    Yes, that’s right, three accidents without injuries in four years appears to be a public safety issue to the councilman.  Well worth spending $150,000, right?

Massive Community Demand
One of the main selling points was that Summit Greens was unanimously behind this request for a traffic signal.  However, upon reviewing the emails from residents of Summit Greens, this issue has never been addressed by the HOA board.  Likewise, emails sent to the county commission show that there is not universal support for it.  One resident wrote, “I, quite frankly, can’t understand the very vocal movement who’s making it their mission to have a traffic light installed at this intersection.”

Mrs. Ginger Martin, a resident of the Summit Greens community, has been a longtime critic of the traffic signal.  She told us, “I have never had an issue using this exit, since there is generally only a seven to ten second delay when making a left turn, and more importantly, it is an inappropriate waste of taxpayer dollars.”

Political Issue

This traffic signal issue, which really should not have survived its first trip to the county commission, has really become a political issue.  One traffic signal supporter told commissioners in an email, “When any one of you comes up for re-election…. well ….WE WILL NEVER FORGET…..Summit Greens’ dedicated polling place #102,  is one of the BIGGEST voting blocks in Lake County …. You are on notice!  This more than likely had an impact on the two commissioners running for reelection, because both voted in favor of the signal, twice.

The vitriol was not limited to political threats to commissioners.  During a Clermont Council meeting on April 10, 2012, local democrat activist Jim Purvis (who does not live in Summit Greens) channeled his best Alan Grayson and said, “Mrs. Martin wants people to die because she is against the light”.

Where Do We Get the Money?

In a presentation to the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, Public Works Director Jim Stivender stated that there were not any surplus funds for this light.  So, another project within the county that was warranted would have to be put off.  Sorry if that taxpayer-funded-project was near you and actually needed.

Mr. Stivender also estimated that the county needs approximately $35 million a year for roads and will only take in approximately $25 million in sales and gas tax. That is a $10 million funding shortfall per year.  Based on this, we believe that the county needs to be pinching every penny it has, not awarding unwarranted traffic signals as gifts to large voting precincts.

The problem with moving away from a technical method of allocating these signals is that everyone will then want what they believe they are entitled to.  If this signal is approved, why not install signals for all of the big retirement communities in Lake County?  We counted at least 10 intersections near large voting precincts that might demand a signal.  Should we just add that $1,500,000 to our projected $10 million annual transportation funding deficit?

Do Politicians Even Know What They Vote For?

Nancy Pelosi is famous for saying, “We have to pass the bill to see what is in it.”  We have to wonder, do politicians really understand the issue before they vote in favor of spending someone else’s money?  In some cases, it appears they do not.

In May, the county commission will take this up for the third time.  The question is:  Will the allocation of road dollars continue to be based on need, or will it turn into just one more election year entitlement program?

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May 1, 2012 at 9:01 am

Birds or Jobs? Lake County Commission Meeting Loses Focus

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Birds or Jobs?

Lake County Commission Meeting Loses Focus

In The Right Side of the Lake dated April 2, 2012, we detailed how the owners of Long & Scott Farms in South Lake County were wrestling with Lake County government to pass a zoning change and Developer’s Agreement so they could deal with Orange County to expand their 60-year-old airport to a small general aviation complex with a commercial and industrial development component.  Orange County has blessed the project; the Governor has endorsed the idea; and, most agree it makes economic development sense-all except those who surround Long & Scott Farms, who try to dictate to the owners what they can and cannot do with their private property.

The aviation facility expansion is planned for Orange County, with the impact on Lake County to be very minimal; however, due to an earlier agreement with Lake County, Long & Scott Farms must get the approval of Lake County government if Orange County government changes part of their land use.  The zoning change is required so Orange County can finalize their zoning, and the Developer’s Agreement is required so that if the project is approved the developer, Long & Scott Farms, agrees to mitigate any traffic impacts on Lake County, which should be very minimal.

Last week, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) held a public hearing to consider the zoning change and Developer’s Agreement, and the meeting totally lost focus to areas where Lake County has no jurisdiction.  Understand, this is not the final approval; rather, it is the next step in a long line of steps, which includes Florida D.O.T., the FAA, Orange County government, and countless federal agencies; and, frankly, Lake County’s approval is the smallest step, because of the minimal effect on Lake County.

Lake County Commission Chairman Leslie Campione allowed the discussions during the public hearing to wander so far from the subject matter that Commissioner Jimmy Conner said late in the meeting, “We are making this issue more complicated than it has to be.”  To his credit, Commissioner Conner was absolutely correct, and the commission even ignored the pleas of Hank Scott who decried the thousands of dollars being lost in continued delays. Mr. Scott asked the BCC to at least approve the Developer’s Agreement, which simply states that if the project were approved, Long & Scott Farms would pay to improve Lake County roads impacted by the project.  By a 3-2 vote, the Developer’s Agreement was knocked down (Commissioners Hill and Conner voted to approve).

As usual, the same group of people, who surround Long & Scott Farms, came out in opposition to Long & Scott Farms’ private property rights.  Many expressed concern over the birds that could be killed if jet planes were allowed to land at the general aviation field; however, this was quickly debunked by facts showing more birds are killed by other modes of transportation-by far.  More importantly, birds are more apt to be killed by larger propeller aircraft currently being used at the airstrip instead of small engine jets.

Then Charles Lee of the Florida Audubon Society talked about the negative impact the proposed aviation center would have on the area, but he freely admitted their was little impact on birds.  In fact, he made a reverse argument of the impact of birds hitting planes.  He then created a straw man argument based on an obscure article about an aviation field in Pennsylvania wherein a bird strike created damage to a plane, which led to the FAA making a lethal removal of birds from a surrounding lake.  He created a hypothetical story that a bird strike at this airport could lead to the FAA taking negative environmental actions against the protected north shore.  Speakers had limited time; yet, Lee was granted almost 9 minutes during his presentation-and an additional 6 minutes at the end; former anti-growth Commissioners Linda Stewart and Elaine Renick would be proud.

After Lee’s hypothetical straw man argument, the discussion between the commissioners went to the size and weight of aircrafts, size of propellers and intake engines, and “what if” the FAA would actually take hostile environmental action against the protected areas adjacent to the farm?  Then the commission questioned how the St. Johns River Water Management District viewed the project even though a tentative land swap was being negotiated between SJRWMD and Long & Scott Farms.  The discussion got so far outside the line that Commissioner Jimmy Conner became the voice of reason when he said, “I’m not going to get into the type of planes” and he added, “Some of these comments are overstated.”

So, after nearly three hours, with most of it having nothing to do with the request at hand (which was approved by the Lake County Zoning Board), the BCC made the decision to delay the hearing.  Yes, delay their decision for 30 days to see if they could find out if the FAA would potentially lethally kill birds in the protected areas and to see if SJRWMD had an opinion even though Commissioner Welton Cadwell speculated the district would not issue one.

Here is where the Lake County Board of County Commissioners has lost site:

  1. This approval is minor compared to all of the other ones required, but it is the lynch pin to start the process of creating jobs.
  2. They have no jurisdiction in most of what they discussed-they need to stay focused on the question before them.
  3. It is naive to take into account every straw man argument and “what if” scenario.  In government and business, nothing would get done if you worry about every hypothetical.  Paralysis by analysis.
  4. Please….does any one think the FAA or St. Johns River Water Management District is going to give the Lake County Board of County Commissioners a “for the record” opinion if they are going to take environmental action on a proposed project without doing a $250,000 two-year study?  These commissioners expect some government bureaucrat to state within 30 days that they definitely will or will not take action on a project still in the planning stages.  That is scary gullible.
  5. The Developer’s Agreement is good for Lake County and would not come into force unless the zoning is approved.  It makes no sense to not approve and demonstrates the county commission has no empathy for the thousands of dollars Long & Scott Farms is spending on needless government regulations to create jobs.

Yesterday, we contacted Hank Scott, one of the owners of Long & Scott Farms, for his reaction to last week’s Lake County BCC meeting, and he did not mince words, “I felt the way Commissioner Campione ran the meeting, it got way off point, and she didn’t hold people to time.  The meeting should have been only an hour, but it lasted almost three hours; and, after all of that, they still couldn’t make a decision.  When they do something like this, they have no idea of the money they cost people.”

Mr. Scott went on to say, “I don’t know why they call themselves business friendly because it just isn’t true.”

This was a bad decision by the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, because it demonstrates a lack of commitment to real economic development and shows weakness in leadership by playing the “what if” game.  These games are played by bureaucrats who will explore any unlikely scenario in an effort to delay or not take action.  Commissioner Campione lost control of the meeting and should have reeled the focus to the narrow question before them.  From a sense of fairness, it seems like Lake County is trying to make itself a bigger player in the process, which involves Orange County.

Lake County should destroy the tape of this hearing and take it off their website, because if any potential Lake County business interest or investors see this, they will run away screaming.  That hearing was not a good day in this county’s quest to make itself “business friendly.”  This commission of five Republicans, who tout personal liberties and freedoms, must understand their actions will be worth more in the eyes of job creators than two words: “Business Friendly.”  Currently, they have little meaning in this county.

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April 26, 2012 at 2:57 pm

Exposed! Bainter’s Daughter Works for Metz Campaign

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Exposed!  Bainter’s Daughter Works for Metz Campaign

Over the last several weeks, The Right Side of the Lake has been chronicling the conflicts of interest and questionable ethics between Florida House Representative Larry Metz and North Lake Hospital Taxing District member Marilyn Bainter in their efforts to defund the tax district, which provides tax monies for the healthcare of the poor and indigent.  We’ve exposed the unreported emails, meetings and phone conversations, which intermingle Bainter’s lawsuit against the tax district, Representative Metz’s legislation to abolish the district, and Bainter’s effort to undermine the hospital district board at every turn.  In addition, Bainter freely admits to Metz campaign fundraising activities as well as being a campaign volunteer for Metz.  From our perspective, there is little doubt that serious conflicts of interest exist in the coordinated attacks on our local hospitals by both Metz and Bainter, and each has acted in an unethical manner which, in most cases, would be investigated.

Last weekend, we discovered something even more disturbing, which adds to the narrative of this unethical alliance.  Dara Bainter, daughter of Stan and Marilyn Bainter, has been registered by the Larry Metz Campaign with the state of Florida as its campaign treasurer.  Official paperwork (Dara Bainter) obtained by our group show that on September 11, 2011 the Larry Metz Campaign officially designated Dara Bainter as Treasurer.

Based on his close relationship with Dara Bainter, the emails, the meetings, and the phone calls-there is little doubt that Representative Metz and Marilyn Bainter have been coordinating efforts in regards to the lawsuit, legislation, and local board actions.  Thus far, the first lawsuit from Bainter has cost our local hospitals more than $500,000 to defend, and now this new suit could double that cost.  A person would have to suspend belief to not believe Metz has been orchestrating this attack against the hospitals, their employees, the poor, and the indigent.

This is not the first time the Bainters have been bit by an ugly disclosure issue.  It seems in an October 13, 1990 article, the Sentinel chastised large donors to the Stan Bainter campaign along with huge expenditures paid to family members.  The article said, “Why does Bainter collect so much money? For one thing, he wants high-priced consultants, like his son Pat. Pat’s help cost his father almost $12,000 as of Sept. 27. Secretarial help from his daughter Dara cost another $2,100.”  It seems it has been a Bainter family tradition to make part of their living at the political money trough.  We speculate that is the reason Marilyn Bainter filed her second lawsuit-to pay her attorney fees for the first one.

Since Representative Metz is a member of the world’s second oldest profession- lawyer-along with his close ties to the Bainter family, who wants to bet he hasn’t been giving free legal advice?  It would not be unreasonable to suggest he may have encouraged this latest lawsuit.

Even if you are a supporter of Representative Metz and district member Marilyn Bainter, you cannot deny this all stinks and it reeks of unethical behavior and political cronyism.  Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. is a conservative organization, which exists for the sole purpose of exposing the dark side of government as well as our political process.  Each one of us must be true to our principals-this is not right.  Can you imagine the fallout if someone in the construction industry purchased Representative Metz to the extent Bainter has?  I am sure reservations would have been made in Starke for them.

Representative Metz and Marilyn Bainter have been waging war against our hospitals, the poor, the indigent, and all of those who depend on the medical community to make a living.  There is little doubt that money and religious bigotry are elements in their motivation.  If Florida Hospital Waterman was being operated by the Baptists instead of the Seventh-day Adventists there is little doubt Metz would be engaged in this attack.

It is obvious that Representative Metz only serves one person in House District #25, and that is Marilyn Bainter.  Bainter and now her daughter, Dara, have bought and paid for Metz.  In the process, Representative Metz has sold out Lake County’s hospitals, their employees, the poor and the indigent.  How much longer can Lake County afford Metz?

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April 24, 2012 at 9:00 am

What is Metz Hiding? Part One

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Rep. Larry Metz Florida House #25

On February 3, 2012, Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. made an official public records request of Florida House Representative Larry Metz, and our group requested the following information:

1.     Any emails, texts, letters, meeting notes and information, and other contacts with Marilyn Bainter.  Do not include delegation meetings.

2.         Any emails, texts, letters, meeting dates and information, and other contacts with any members of the North Lake County Hospital District.  Do not include delegation meetings.

A few weeks later, we received from Larry Metz’s office a disc that was supposed to include all of the information we requested.

A few weeks after receiving Metz’s disc, we met with North Lake Hospital Taxing District Member Marilyn Bainter.  During that meeting, we asked Bainter for all documents and contacts she had with Representative Metz.  Just as in the case of Frances Grossi, the information provided by Bainter proves that Metz did not comply with our public records request; and, from the information we see, there has been a coordinated effort by the two of them to destroy Lake County’s hospital system.

Based on the information, the following is just a sample of items that Representative Metz did not include in the public records request:

  1. On 10-25-2011, Metz met with Bainter and a group of 10-12 in his office.  Metz did not disclose the meeting or any notes.  He did not comply with the law.
  2. Metz did not disclose an email on November 29, 2011 from Bainter in which she is giving instruction to Metz on how to write his anti-hospital legislation.  The email says, “On line 151, 152, and 153, page 6.  The provision of such indigent care is found and declared to be a public purpose and necessary for the preservation of the public health of the residents of the district.  Is this necessary?  I am having a problem with this.  Thanks Marilyn.”  Also, this email was sent to Metz’s private email metzlawyer@gmail.com account, which he obviously thought he could conceal from the public.  He did not comply with the law.
  3. On September 2, 2011, Bainter sent Metz an email under yet another email address larrymetz2010@gmail.com with the following message, “Here it is, Friday the 2nd of September, with a meeting coming up on Wednesday the 7th, and we have no agenda or minutes.  What do you think is going on in this taxing agency?  Marilyn.”  He did not comply with the law.
  4. On January 25, 2011, Bainter contacted Metz through his paralegal, Stephanie Maxwell (Stephanie@metzlawyer.com) with an email which said, “352-483-0770- Marilyn Bainter called and would like you to call her when you have a minute.”  Metz did not disclose the nature of the call and Bainter did not disclose the contact.  Both did not comply with the law.

By our counts, there are three different unofficial channels that Bainter has been strategizing with Representative Metz; and, unfortunately for Metz, he was exposed for not complying with the public records request by his fundraiser, volunteer and partner in this conspiracy.

Maybe this is the reason why Representative Metz tried to pass a bill in the last legislative session that would have protected legislators from Florida’s Sunshine Law?  The facts are in clear view:

  1. Metz did not comply completely with the public records request by omitting items sent to him via his personal emails.
  2. Metz did not comply by not disclosing his private office meetings.
  3. Metz did not comply by not disclosing his phone call discussions with Bainter.
  4. Metz is using multiple emails and contacts to do state business instead of his official emails.

With all of the evidence, what is Representative Metz hiding?

Over the last couple of weeks, we have exposed a lot of backdoor contacts between North Lake Hospital Taxing District Board member Marilyn Bainter and Representative Larry Metz to stop indigent care for the poor.

However, in Thursday’s The Right Side of the Lake we will expose something that most people in Lake County had no idea was going on.  It is a link that when included with all of the behind-the-scenes contact really questions the ethics and integrity of Representative Larry Metz.  It bodes the question:  Why do Larry Metz and Marilyn Bainter hate our hospitals and the poor who need care?

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April 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Is One of These Two Women Not Telling the Truth?

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Is One of These Two Women Not Telling the Truth?

Bainter admits to a possible Florida Sunshine Law violation with Grossi

As part of our investigation of the coordinated efforts by North Lake Hospital Board member Marilyn Bainter to defund local hospitals for their healthcare services provided to the poor and indigent, Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. made a public records request of North Lake Hospital Board member Marilyn Bainter and, later, member Frances Grossi to see if they have been communicating outside the constraints of the District Board.  Stunningly, Bainter admitted in a document she provided to us that “I sent a copy of an article in the Daily Commercial to Frances Grossi, Board member on 10-1-2011.”  When we pressed her on the matter, Bainter said the article was about the hospital taxing district and that she believed Grossi was the only board member she sent the document to.  Okay, in her own words, Bainter admitted to a possible Florida Sunshine Law violation.

We made a similar public records request to Grossi, and we asked her to provide any contacts, documents, emails or other contacts with Bainter.  We did not receive any documents from Grossi; and, her response to our group was, “There have been no emails, letters, text messages or meetings between me and Ms. Bainter and/or Rep. Metz regarding the matters of the North Lake County Hospital District Board.”

Okay, one of these women is not telling the truth.  Based on Bainter’s statement, it appears Grossi is not complying with our public records request in an effort to hide a possible Florida Sunshine Law violation. What is also odd is Bainter freely admits that Grossi and she participated in non-board related events, but Grossi indicates that there has been no contact between the two of them.  It is very difficult to imagine that Bainter and her protégé Grossi did not discuss hospital district business when outside the board room, especially given the shenanigans and various coordinated fronts Bainter has been using to wage war on our local hospitals.

Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. contacted the attorney for the North Lake Hospital Taxing District Meredith Kirste to advise the North Lake Hospital Taxing District Board of the possible Sunshine Law violation by Bainter and Grossi; and, subsequently, documents were forwarded to our group, which support our concerns.

Bainter and Grossi Hypocrites?

In replies to the AHCA Commission on the review of a taxpayer funded hospital district, both Bainter and Grossi allege the local hospital district did not comply with the government in the sunshine law.  Bainter said, “I believe there are instances when the governing body has violated government in the sunshine laws.”

Grossi went so far on the sunshine law question to say, “I am planning to write a letter to the ethics committee regarding a previous chairman who entered into an agreement with the state, unilaterally.”  Okay Ms. Grossi, are you going to write the ethics committee and turn yourself in?  While on the subject of the ethics commission, is it ethical for a North Lake Hospital Taxing District member to glean information from her position to pursue a personal lawsuit against the very board she serves on?  Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

It appears Bainter and Grossi are “pots calling the kettle black”, and they are quick to allege others with violations of Florida Statute when it appears there are cracks in the glass house that they occupy.

Both Women on Government Dole

The crux of this whole issue with the North Lake Hospital Taxing District for Bainter and Grossi is that they don’t want taxpayer money to be spent on healthcare for the poor and indigent.  It is sort of like they have waged a war against those who are sick and poor because they should be made to care for themselves.  It is a very pious, selfish position.

There is hypocrisy with these two women, as both are on the government dole probably more so than the vast majority of the poor people who get a free shot at the hospital.  The most current public financial records (click to view) for Bainter and Grossi are very revealing, and it appears both slop very well at the public trough.  Bainter lists as part of her primary income Social Security and a pension from the State of Florida, while Grossi, a Publix Supermarket cashier, lists a pension from the Illinois State University retirement system and Social Security as her primary sources of income.

Talk about audacity?  These two women are supported by government tax programs, yet they want to deny some poor child a hospital bed because he or she wasn’t fortunate enough to get on the government teat as they were.

Today’s column is really an exercise in those who throw one stone could have three more tossed back at them.  The rub with Bainter and everyone associated with her is that when a person files a lawsuit against the very board they serve on-while at the same time pushing legislation to disband that same board-there has to be coordination.  In fact, we will present real evidence as to how Representative Larry Metz did not comply with the Florida Sunshine Law public records request and how he coordinated backdoor efforts with Bainter.

One word of warning for anyone who deals with Bainter-this woman is getting confused on her facts, because she has so many different stories going that she cannot keep them straight.  She gives up information without realizing she just threw a friend under the bus-Grossi just found out about that; and, next week, Rep. Metz will see it also.

We believe the North Lake Hospital Taxing District now has probable cause to open an ethics investigation into the actions of Bainter and Grossi, because on the surface it appears there has been coordination by Bainter in all of her endeavors to disband the hospital district.  Bainter is quick to call for audits and accountability-it is time to find out who she has talked to and when.  Plus, did Bainter misuse her position on the board to enhance her personal lawsuit?  It is time to hold Bainter and Grossi accountable for the same standards they so righteously demand of others.

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