Fla. justices say ‘yes’ to corruption grand jury - South Florida Business Journal:
Two days after rejecting his petition, the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday gave thumbs up to a request by Gov. Charlie Crist to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate public corruption statewide.
The state high court selected Broward County Judge Victor Tobin to preside over the grand jury proceedings.
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Crist first petitioned the court in October noting that there was “good and sufficient reason” to investigate criminal activity pointing to the recent indictments of Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher, and Alan Mendelsohn, a prominent Hollywood eye surgeon on public corruption charges.
On Monday, Crist filed an amended petition with Florida justices, after they rejected his first request because it failed to meet the minimal allegations as required by state law. In it, he noted that since taking office he has removed 33 public officials from office as a result of wrongdoing
If government corruption is a fact of life, how can government agencies be held accountable? Business can be fined; why not agencies and those convicted?