‘trust me’ doesn’t cut it
tommySt. Pete Times editorial: Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White should be more forthcoming about alleged payoffs from con man Matthew Cox.
Kevin White deserves the benefit of the doubt now that a convicted swindler has alleged arranging payoffs to the Hillsborough County commissioner. But the blanket denial White issued in a recent statement leaves too many unanswered questions.
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White could fill in some gaps by being more forthcoming about his dealings with Cox. In early 2004, after he and former City Council member Bob Buckhorn were told that illegal contributions from Cox and his associates might have been made to their campaigns, Buckhorn went promptly to the police. Not White. He didn’t go to the cops, call for an investigation or express much concern. That same insensitivity to ethics and appearances have marred almost his entire time in elected life — whether he was trying to raise his own salary, or spending campaign contributions on Italian suits, or intervening with police who gave his friend a traffic ticket.
The next election for Hillsborough County District 3 is in 2010.
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