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2A THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 FLORIDA TODAY IGreer sum over severance for the legs, GREER, from 1A expert says FLIES, from IA lir.iu.Lmi, -dP-V AP and you've got a lot of decay ing matter out there in the affidavit said, and he asked her to join him in a venture to attract contributions from "big, national clients." O'Rourke declined and said, if she went out on her own, she wouldn't need Greer's help to make such contacts. After that, she said, was shut out from meet- ings with major donors that Mr. Greer referred to as 'men's and that contributions dropped off. Lawson's affidavit said Greer overdrew his personal bank accounts six times in 10 months last year, by an average of $10,000 a month. An unidentified RPOF donor said Greer asked him for woods that they breed in, said Joe Water, agriculture Crist expressed disappointment but said "I don't feel implicated." Thrasher said he accepted the governor's denial of any knowledge of Greer's and Johnson's activities, and said the scandal shouldn't hurt the party at the polls next November.

Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thur-man called it further evidence of a "culture of corruption." Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, a Democratic candidate for governor, said the indictment underscores the need for change in Tallahassee. "This money was taken from RPOF, laundered herd said. Bailey said FDLE presented affidavits to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking search warrants for Greer's home and two banks. He said FDLE has had "full support and cooperation of the Republican Party of Florida throughout the investigation." Lawson's affidavit depicts Greer as a financially troubled but table-pounding, secretive boss who got his salary raised from $95,000 to $130,00 a year during three years when RPOF finances were suffering. Veteran fund-raiser Meredith O'Rourke was under contract at $30,000 a month when Greer took over, the Greer and Johnson, his hand-picked executive director of the party, created Victory Strategies LLC.

The state alleges that the company got $199,254.50 from the party last year and passed through $125,161.50 to Greer and $65,093 to Johnson, on top of their party salaries. Greer, 47, was chosen for the job by Gov. Charlie Crist. He was forced out early this year in a revolt by state committee members and major GOP donors, who objected to his and Johnson's lavish spending and credit-card use at a time when the economy was depressing Repub agent at Brevard County Extension Office. "They're pretty nasty little flies.

They belong to the horse fly family, a group called Ta-banids. There are 4,300 spe cies of Tabanids globally and Out on ball. Jim Greer leaves the Seminole County Jail alongside wife Lisa on Wednesday. through Victory Strategies LLC, and then used by Mr. Greer to support his own personal lifestyle," Shep more than 300 in North America, according to Rus sell Mizell, professor of ento help, so he sent him $10,000 a month for 1 8 months.

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Shepherd said Johnson was given "deferred prosecution" as a cooperating wit ness. His expense accounts and those of Greer and some elected party officers, add ing up to millions on party lillkf I if American Express cards, led to Greers ouster. them. "You've got to wait until right when they're ready to bite you, and then you smack them," she said. Pesticides used by the county are not sprayed during the day, when the flies are most active, because it can kill bees and other beneficial insects and potentially harm humans.

And there's not much people can do, either, but wear long sleeves and pants to try to avoid them. There are backyard traps you can buy for about $6 to $8 each. "You can control them in your yard," said Peter Taylor, district director for Brevard Mosquito Control. "The problem is there's just so many of them out there, they'll just come back in from somewhere else." The best defense may be a quick eye and hand, as Dar-rell Sedgwick of Satellite Beach used last weekend. "I saw one.

Didn't get me. I got it," he said. Contact Waymer at 242-3663 orjwaymereflorldatoday.com. Correction The Brevard Family Partnership 2010 Report in to the Community, which was distributed in Sunday's editions of FLOR IDA TODAY, had the years 2008 and 2009 transposed on charts that appeared on pages 24 and 26. The financial in formation is otherwise cor rect as stated.

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