JUST WHERE DID WE GET IT WRONG?

In this video clip from the 3/21/18 IDA meeting Director Lambert is discussing his 90-day hiatus from the IDA’s public relations firm Tucker Hall. When asked he says they budgeted $50,000 for Tucker Hall for 2018 and have already spent $25,000.
Director Lambert goes on to say about Tucker Hall: “They have spent a lot of time and effort trying to keep Hardee County’s legitimate stuff popping up rather than the illegitimate stuff popping up when someone Googles Hardee County or Hardee County Economic Development.”

What ‘illegitimate stuff’ are you talking about Bill?
– Did you invest $7.25 million in a medical software platform concept that morphed into a Medicare call center with only 150 jobs?
– Did you offer Florida Hospital Wauchula $2 million JUST to change their location to Highway 17 when they were ALREADY going to rebuild at their old location at NO COST to us?
– Has PF Man had almost five years of free and/or reduced rent? Did you pay them $183,000 for leasehold improvements ONLY you saw and estimated the value? Did they come in five years ago with a ready to produce 35-pound generator and to date have produced NOTHING?
– Did you sell Florikan our IDA building appraised at $4.5 million for ONLY $2 million?
– Did you buy the old Scotty’s building and turn it into an incubator accelerator that has been a free parking spot and financial drain of our Mosaic public economic development funds for the ‘right’ people?
– Did the Grand Jury Presentment recommend firing you?
– Did you travel to India on the IDA dime and the results were so top secret you couldn’t tell ANYONE the results of your visit? Not even who paid for your lodging, meals and other expenses while there?
– Did you sue former IDA Board member Donald Samuels and citizen Henry Kuhlman for requesting public records because you were ‘confused’ about public records laws?
– Are you and Commissioner Mike Thompson now hand picking ‘yes’ people and stacking the IDA Board?
– Are you contemplating ‘selling’ (wink wink) the IDA fill line equipment to Debut Development?
– Did you give former IDA Chair Jim See $200,000 IDA $$ and $150,000 CRA $$ for his for-profit apartment project that the IDA will not see one dime from? Is he now asking for more IDA $$?

Director Lambert this is all public record.