Florida Today Editorial makes my point brilliantly

Failure to distinguish between the essential and non-essential reduces heroes to status of scoundrels.

If you want proof of the decline of journalistic ethics, look no further than the Florida Today.

I had just posted my column about negative campaigns when I stumbled across this beauty on the Florida Today opinion page. Note their concern isn’t with finding the truth and halting the flow of misinformation – they want everyone to be able to spread lies freely, without having to worry about being ‘negatively’ attacked for not telling the truth.
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Concession Letter from Needelman Campaign

Truth continues to escape Needelman, even in gracious concession letter. His mind must be a very strange place indeed…

“To my friends, neighbors, and supporters,

I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to run for Brevard County Clerk of Courts. We all knew we faced a challenge in going against an incumbent for this position. My feelings were strong, and they still are, that we needed a change in this office. Therefore I decided to make the run.
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Needelman supporter accuses me of libel (again)… says lawsuit is on the way

‘Badge451′ says I didn’t contact Needelman before running my story
Asking Needelman live on the air on Bill Mick’s show in front of thousands of listeners didn’t count

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Click here for pdf snapshot of Needelman campaign web site as it appeared August 7, 2008

Apparently my coverage of Needelman’s Campaign Web Site HomeTown News Interview “modification” has earned me a spot in the State Rep’s legal counsel’s crosshairs. Here is a post from earlier today from someone called ‘Badge451′ from the Florida Today Clerk of Courts forums who claims to be some type of law enforcement. 
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‘Third Audit Protocol’ derails as election nears

Needelman campaign throws caution to the wind

I can tell the disgraced and disenfrocked former Palm Bay lobbyist is back in town as the negative attacks have moved from the (Florida Today) BLOG to the radio, TV, and the nebulous website, mitchforclerk.com.
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Hometown News confirms Needelman ‘interview’ on campaign web site has been modified

After Mr. Needelman lied to the Bill Mick Live audience on Friday morning, I was so outraged I contacted the Hometown News to inform them of what was done and said, and to see if I could get a copy of the original e-mail to refute new allegations I had somehow fabricated the screenshot I have of the Needelman campaign web site from August 7.

They did me one better, and at approximately 8pm Saturday night posted the following on their home page:
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Needelman lies to BML audience about allegations he made in HomeTown News interview

Says “what you see on the web site is what I control on the web site, and nothing has changed on that”.

Hear it straight from the horse’s mouth: 
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I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t heard it myself – Mr. Needelman acknowledged he controls the content of his campaign web site, and flat out lied when he said nothing on that site had changed in regards to him alleging incumbent Scott Ellis has unsuccessfully sued the county a number of times in the last eight years.
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Needelman decides it’s easier to re-write history than apologize for another ‘mistake’

I stumbled across an interesting post on the Florida Today Clerk’s forum in which a poster called “WeNeedMitch” was making the claim that an article written by Scott Ellis and posted on this site contained a statement which was never made by Mr. Needelman.
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Another Error and Lecture on Clerk’s DHSMV Hearings Report

Needelman ‘Third Audit Protocol’ Fails Again

Contrary to Mr. Needelman’s comments  below on the DHSMV report conducted by the Clerk’s Office, the number of officers mentioned by name in the report is ZERO.  

The entire report is pasted below, as well as the rules for Third Audit Protocol fact checking allegedly implemented after the “Scott Ellis signed the check for the Sarno Landfill” tale was exposed by the simple fact I was not the Clerk at the time of the sale.
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Most recent EELs land purchase brings Brevard full circle

Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it…

In May of 2000 Brevard County purchased property for a supposed landfill expansion for $7.2 million, land alleged to be critical to the future of the Sarno Landfill. 

The deal was rushed through in weeks and was passed via the Consent Agenda with no public discussion.  The sellers had an option on the land, such that they bought it in the morning for $1.2 million and sold it to the County for $7.2 million in the afternoon.
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Perfect non-endorsement record remains intact

It’s not Office Operations, it’s Going Along to Get Along

The Florida Today shockingly has endorsed Mitch Needelman for ‘change’ for the Clerk’s Office. Perhaps the biggest shock was the endorsement did not burn all of its print with a Scott Ellis slam and what was sent my way was at least related to the office, even if it was off the mark.

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