Today we're singling out five individuals who made a name for themselves last year ? but for the wrong reasons. People who squandered or misused their positions of power through selfishness, mismanagement or corruption. People who let down Central Florida. They are, in alphabetical order:
Corrine Brown ? A 10-term Democratic U.S. representative from Jacksonville, her district meanders 200 miles from her hometown into Orlando. A decade ago, Republicans in control of drawing congressional districts packed as many Democrats as possible into Brown's to make it easier to elect GOP candidates in surrounding districts. After voters approved a state constitutional amendment in 2010 to end such gerrymandering, Brown joined with Republicans in suing to overturn it. For the congresswoman, keeping her seat in Washington is more important than respecting the will of the people.
Gary Earl ? The former president of Workforce Central Florida, he was in charge while the region's federally funded job development agency doled out contracts to insiders and blew millions of taxpayer dollars on real estate, cars and red super-hero capes for the unemployed. In September, Gov. Rick Scott forced out its top executives, including Earl, and its board of directors. During a stretch of double-digit unemployment in Central Florida, the morass of mismanagement at the region's jobs agency could not have been more untimely, or more unacceptable.
Mike Haridopolos ? In his first regular session as Florida Senate president, the Merritt Island Republican had a rotten start when he was admonished by fellow senators for ethics violations. Haridopolos took positions that seemed calculated to boost his U.S. Senate bid, such as withdrawing his support for a high-speed rail line between Orlando and Tampa. Then he pulled the plug on his campaign. In November, he admitted in a sworn deposition that he had lied to a reporter ? and by extension, the public ? by denying the existence of a severance agreement with disgraced state GOP Chairman Jim Greer. Haridopolos also dismissed his previous public praise of Greer as a "political statement." The Latin term for Haridopolos' 2011? Annus horribilus.
Daniel Saylor ? Entrusted to uphold the law, the former Windermere police chief ? hired despite a checkered job history ? took the law into his hands and snapped it in half. He was arrested and fired for putting the kibosh on a child-sex probe that targeted a friend, and pressing his officers to shred records. A state investigation also leveled charges of bribery and unlawful compensation for official behavior, but ultimately Saylor copped to official misconduct charges and was sentenced to a year in jail. His little Martin Scorsese drama remains a stain on Windermere's reputation.
Keith Tribble ? After years of hoping, waiting, and wrangling, the University of Central Florida finally moved up in weight class last month, accepting membership in the more prestigious Big East Conference. A move that Tribble, as the school's athletic director, helped facilitate. But what should have been a shining moment for UCF was marred by Tribble's resignation under a cloud of NCAA allegations. Tribble, in the haste to play with the big boys, apparently adopted the worst of the big-boy recruiting ways ? then lied to investigators about it.
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