Update of HCC Skullduggery

Dear Mr. Carraway:

Below is the latest correspondence on the HCC corruption charges from my Deepthroat and mine in response to a letter from the governor. I shall forward these to the two members of our legislative delegation whom I have asked to concern themselves with this issue: Senator Charlie Justice and Representative Mike Scionti.

I don't know what the board email is, so I ask that you pass this information on to its members. I hope they cooperate with the governor, the Division of Community Colleges, and the attorney general, to whom one of the legislators above has referred the problem.

I won't give up until somebody in authroity does something to investigate and rectify the problem if it exists as I suspect it does.

May I ask who the principal officer of your firm is?

Thank you.

lee drury de cesare
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Dear Governor Crist:

I received your letter today saying that you had forwarded a copy of my letter to the Division of Community Colleges. You don't say to whom you forwarded it.

The head of the agency, Ms. Bloomberg, has no readily accessible email address. The fellow who held the position before her did not even answer a query I made to him. So I must ask you to keep contact with this reference.

I also want you to refer it to the attorney general's office since the Deepthroat letters to me allege kickbacks, bid-rigging, and bribes. I don't think the Division of Community Colleges is the agency to deal with possibly criminal activity.

Please tell me if you will refer this complaint to the attorney general. I suggest he is the one to deal with it.

Lee Drury De Cesare
15316 Gulf Boulevard 802
Madeira Beach, FL 33708

Here is the latest communication from Deepthroat; the others can be found on my blog HCCDeepthroat@blogspot.com:
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HILLSBOROUGH
Community College

Lee De Cesare,

I give you full permission to share below information with relevant and post on your blog (hccdeepthroat@blogspot.com) , which is being blocked and THPL’s computer networks. So much for free speech.

Corruption is rampant at HCC. For instance, a recent RFP was “fixed,” with contract going to Cross Construction Services. One bidder, JVS Contracting,1608 N. 43m Street, Tampa, FL 33605, lost out to Cross Construction Services under questionable circumstances, directed by HCC CFO Barbara Larson.

Contracting should contact State’s Attorney office and St. Pete into bid rigging and backroom deals. The lowest bidder will inevitably claim massive cost overruns, which Larson signs off, without conducting an in-depth inquiry. Time and time again, she signs off on highly-questionable expenses.

Larson, along with other 11CC administrators, are lousy stewards of taxpayers’ monies.

Since coming to HCC, Larson has ignored established state and federal procurement guidelines. The bookstore RFP was a prime example of total disregard to state guidelines regarding conducting a fair and process. Only after bookstore employees complained, going outside the college,did corrupt HCC administrators back down and keep the bookstore operation in-house.

Several of us at district are offended that several administrators and their dept. directors (and two deans @ PC and at YB) are so crooked. Contractors and vendors know to win a HCC contract, certain key 11CC personnel expect to be PAID (cash, gifts, free goods, and consulting contracts to firms that administrators and their relatives have ties to.). If the St. Pete Times exposes one corrupt deal (hint contact JVS Contracting), the entire 11CC house of cards will
fall.


Governor's letter: HILLSBOROUGH
Community College
STATE OF FLORIDA
CHARLIE CRIST GOVERNOR
Citizen Services
THE CAPITOL
TALLAHASSEE. FL 32399-0001
nvw.flgov.com
850-488-4441
850-487-0801 fax
July 24, 2007

Thank you for contactng GovemcaCharlie Crist. The Governor appreciates your concerns about Hilisborough Community College and asked me to respond on his behalf.

To assist you, I forwarded a copy of your letter to the Division of Community Colleges in the Florida Department of Education for their review and response. If you wish to reach that office directly, please use the contact information provided below.
Thank you for contacting the Governor’s Office. Please do not hesitate to write again on matters of concern or interest to you.

RN/cas
Sincerely,
Rex T. Newman
Office of Citizen Services
cc/enc: Florida Department of Education
Division of Community Colleges
Turlington Building, Room 11314
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
(850) 245-0407
Office of the Govenor —

Ms. Lee De Cesare
Apartment 802
15316 Gulf Boulevard
Madeira Beach, Florida 33708
Dear Ms. De Cesare: