Timing is everything, and the OOCEA picked a bad day to have one of its board members pull a three-count felony indictment for bribery and corruption.
It was the same day the Legislature was considering whether to dismantle the OOCEA and create a newer, bigger, and presumably less corrupt authority to build toll roads throughout Central Florida.
Governor Rick Scott had to quickly suspend the indicted board member, Scott Batterson, and the state attorney hinted that more indictments may be coming down the pike in this growing scandal.
What began as a modest inquiry into possible technical violations of the Sunshine Law has metastasized into what could become Florida’s political scandal of the year.
