frances -----Original Message----- From: To: fbolton at chuma.cas.usf.edu <fbolton at chuma.cas.usf.edu> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 3:36 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Ward in Florida
>i'm not sure, but AGCC's backing of Connerly certainly raises some
>eyebrows. there's probably a certain amount of good old boyism involved,
>but i don't know that that explains it away. when i worked for my father's
>company doing odd construction jobs during my high school years, most of
>the small contracting outfits were minority owned (especially those in the
>masonry trades - stucco, swimming pools, foundations, driveways, etc.) i
>suspect the financing and what all is coming from a few of the larger
>general contracting firms in the state (like metric constructors, creative
>contractors, etc. etc.) and i'm sure if you went and dredged through the
>campaign financing records for the last gubernatorial election (which is a
>piece of cake, being that florida is an open records state), the same
>contractors that gave money to the jebster are also backing connerly. just
>a hunch. which also makes me think that jebby knew about connerly's plans
>all along, and may have even used it as a hush-hush fundraising pitch. i'm
>also willing to bet that if you follow the money on this long enough, it
>circles around to armando codina (the miami real estate magnate who kept a
>do-nothing jeb on the payroll for years and was buddy-buddy with jeb's dad,
>jorge mas canosa, etc.).
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>as far as set-asides, that's a murkier issue. i'm guessing most of the
>AGCC's members are residential contractors working independently or as
>subcontractors for out of state firms like maronda homes, etc., but i bet
>the people who are writing all the checks are the ones competing for DOT
>contracts.
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