Jim Greer is the chairman of the Florida Republican Party and after Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, democrat, announced that she would be running for governor of Florida, he said “I welcome former banker Alex Sink to the Governor’s race. After years of smoke in mirrors, it is about time for Floridians to meet the real Alex Sink.” The Florida Republican website lists these things that Alex Sink has done:
- The real Alex Sink was paid millions of dollars while overseeing what the head of Atlanta’s Legal-Aid called “subprime predatory mortgage lending.”
- The real Alex Sink fired thousands of Floridians while earning her millions through these predatory lending practices.
- The real Alex Sink used the very same practices that well known economists have linked to the significant economic downturn that Florida is facing today.
- The real Alex Sink played the leading role in tanking Florida’s economy.
Personally, I did not pay much attention to Alex Sink until she came after Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for his ads that informed Floridians about online predators. The ad drives home the fact that predators now are using the internet to target children instead of simply hanging around playgrounds or elementary schools with their hand in their pants. Sorry for the gratuitous imagery. Here’s the ad:
This ad is excellent except for the fact that the statistics make it seem like every single child that goes online will be solicited for sex at one point or another, which is not really the case. It does make the point that the chances of being solicited are very high. Back to the point though: Sink, in an attempt to score political points against McCollum who may also run for governor, decided to go after him and investigate the company he used to produce the public service announcement (PSA). Apparently, McCollum employed the video production company that he has used before in a no-bid contract, which he is legally allowed to do. To Alex Sink, this was unacceptable, because it seemed like a campaign ad instead of a PSA and because it showcased McCollum instead of someone like America’s Most Wanted’s host John Walsh.
I am glad that McCollum was on the ad because now I know that the FL Attorny General is doing his job protecting Florida. If it were Alex Sink that was actually doing something to protect Florida’s children, instead of playing politics and using her position as CFO to advance her political career, then I would like to know it was her who ran the ads. In this episode, Alex Sink showed the Florida electorate that she is more interested in playing politics than protecting Florida’s children from predators. Shame on you, Sink.
It’s about time that politicians did something good for their constituents and live up to their title: “public servants.” I applaud Bill McCollum for informing the public of the new manifestations of very old dangers.
-AG
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