Why is Bill McCollum afraid to grant an interview on the issue of the influence of money and political contributions, and especially as they relate to investment advisory fees paid to investment managers of the State's multi-billion dollar nest egg?
It is troubling enough that the Trustees of the State Board of Administration are 3 elected officials (Charlie Crist, Alex Sink and Bill McCollum), all of whom are running for office and are in full fundraising mode to get there, while exercising fiduciary control over billions of dollars of investments of State and local government funds.
It is even more troubling that one of the Trustees is the Attorney General, Bill McCollum, the State's Chief Law Enforcement Officer who would be the person responsible for protecting the State's nest egg and bringing suit, if necessary, toward that end. The conflicts of interest are obvious.
It is even more troubling when Mr. McCollum won't answer questions on the subject, even when he knows in advance what the questions are, because they have been submitted to him in writing by the St. Petersburg Times.
Is it because he is too busy changing hats?
On October 11, the St. Petersburg Times announced that they have been asking Mr. McCollum to submit to an interview. They even went so far as to send him a list of written questions that they wanted to ask him. Again he played dodge ball.
I've written a Letter to the Editor of the St. Petersburg Times asking them to publish the list of written questions that the St. Petersburg Times provided to Mr. McCollum's campaign staff so we will know exactly what he is afraid to talk about--since he is obviously avoiding the issue.
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