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FPL (through a third party) also hired a private investigator to follow around a local opinion columnist because he was writing articles against the proposed pr
by cool_dude85 4y ago
FPL (through a third party) also hired a private investigator to follow around a local opinion columnist because he was writing articles against the proposed privatization of Jacksonville's municipal utility company.
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/fpl-consultant-obtained-research-jacksonville-journalist-nate-monroe/7712000001/ https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/fpl...
- metaphor 4y agoAlso worth mentioning the related scandal[1] of JEA's former CEO and CFO attempting to sneak in a "Long-Term Incentive Performance Unit Plan" that would have paid out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars as bonuses to executives if "a recapitalization event (including a sale of JEA) occurred, meaning payouts would have been funded by net proceeds to the COJ from the sale of JEA." Entirely unsurprising who the top private bidder was[2]. [1] https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/03/07/former-jea-executives-indicted-public-utility-scandal-aaron-zahn-ryan-wannamacher-jacksonville/6982994001/ https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/03/07/for... [2] https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2020/08/26/nextera-energy-parent-fpl-offered-11-billion-buy-jea/3443048001/ https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2020/08/26/nex...