Brooksville, Fla. - Jumping into the politics brings questions of fraud for council candidate and his daughter.
Brooksville City Council race is heating up. Brooksville Housing Authority has the obligation to investigate a letter of residency of one candidate who claimed to live with his daughter in Hillside Estates. The candidate made the claim to comply with city charter requirements of 1-year residency requirements.
Candidate Paul Boston provided a letter to the city legal staff to get his name back on the ballot. The letter he signed will require action by the Brooksville Housing Authority to investigate his claim of residency with his daughter, Larhonda Travick since April 2011 according to officials.
Tommy Brooks, Brooksville Housing Directer said there is no record of Boston living in the unit with his daughter. Brooks said he visited the daughter's unit frequently during his regular inspections but found no evidence Boston was living in her unit.
"It doesn't look like her dad was living there," Brooks said.
Brooksville City Housing Authority property manager did not have any official documentation of Boston living in the daughter's unit in April 2011. Boston took possession of a unit in July 2011 with his own lease.
Brooksville Housing Authority officials said they have the responsibility to investigate any allegations of fraudulent activity in their units. Housing officials said Boston's letter is a public admission of his residency within his daughter's unit at Hillside Estates in April 2011.
The property manager said all leaseholders within Brooksville Housing Authority have the responsibility for activity within their units, including any unauthorized live-in guests. Officials said Travick will be investigated based on the letter submitted by her father - the letter to have his name re-appear on the ballot for city council.
Housing Authority officials said they will use scrutiny with Boston because he is also a leaseholder, like his daughter Travick. Officials said they are required to go after any allegations of fraud until proven otherwise.
Paul Boston signed his own letter stating that he was residing there, and the City accepted it at face value? I understand the City Attorney said that the letter was OK. Looks like dirty politics to me!
ReplyDeleteNot everything is dirty politics. Jumping to conclusions can more often than not cause embarrassment for all. Why not wait until all the facts are available before casting aspersions. Perhaps the investigation will provide enough information for you to make a more accurate statement.
DeleteEither he is a regency of the city or not
ReplyDeleteLet the people decide with their vote.
All of this talk of fraud is going to far
Paul Boston was disqualified again from the city council race after his daughter was questioned by Chief Turner from Brooksville Police Department. Here's a link to Jeff Schmucker's story in the Hernando Today.
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