Sigh. Again. State Attorney Jeff Ashton has been asked to investigate whether or not three board members of Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority broke the law when they discussed a plan in private to remove the authority’s executive director.
On Tuesday, Walter Ketcham, chairman of the Authority called for an investigation into the actions of the board members prior to a public meeting last week in which the board voted 3-2 to replace Max Crumit, the orlandosentinel.com reported.
The three board members Scott Batterson, Marco Pena and Noranne Downs voted to replace Crumit, with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Ketcham casting dissenting votes, the paper also reported.
Ashton has been asked to probe if Batterson, Pena and Downs broke a state law that prohibits elected officials and members of public boards from discussing agency business in private.
Last week, in an unrelated scandal, Ashton concluded Jacobs and four other commissioners broke the law when they deleted text messages containing Orange County business, which are public records, from their cell phones.
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