Showing posts with label Janet Lee Dougherty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Janet Lee Dougherty. Show all posts

Friday, July 3, 2015

Hillsborough County GOP Corruption

The Fox Guarding the Hen House
"The one essential advantage Dougherty had for the EPC gig was an intensive lobbying campaign on her behalf by influential business and development interests. In the real world, if powerful business and development types were aggressively pushing for their choice to lead an agency charged with protecting the environment from business and development concerns, one might well conclude such naked special interest arm-twisting would be a disqualifying factor. In Hillsborough County, such wheeling and dealing leads to a coronation."

Daniel Ruth on Janet Dougherty's new Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission gig. here

Friday, June 26, 2015

New Hillsborough EPC Director Parties With GOP

Last Friday, soon to be director Florida GOP Janet Dougherty attended the Hillsborough County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner, its largest annual fundraiser. here

Hillsborough County's environmental commission on Wednesday rebuffed an attempt by her to soften a proposed ban on her political activity. Dougherty is supposed to start as director next week. She has twice run for county commissioner and has long been active in local Republican circles. She criticized the ban as "ambiguous.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Developers To Run Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission

Florida GOP Janet Dougherty, 
a businesswoman and favorite of the development community, will be the next director of the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission.  here

Dougherty has connections with industrialists, phosphate companies, farmers and the maritime industry. She made points with the pro-business Republicans on the commission by promising not to stand in the way of development as long as natural resources are protected. She  ran for County Commissioner, Dist. 4 as a Republican.