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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Dodging at the Times?
Posted by Wayne Garcia on Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 3:11 PM
Take a peek at the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s account of why Pinellas County is really settling its lawsuit with former assistant county administrator Rick Dodge. It points a finger at the St. Petersburg Times’ role in the case, with Dodge’s attorney alleging that top county leaders who wanted Dodge out “planted†a story with the newspaper that led to Dodge’s dismissal. Dodge claims the story and subsequent editorial ruined his reputation. The story was co-written by former Times reporter Jane Meinhart (an old friend and bureau colleague of mine during my tour of duty at the Times’ Clearwater bureau). Her former boss (and a target of her unsuccessful 2005 age discrimination lawsuit) and Clearwater managing editor Joe Childs denied the allegations in the story. Via an anonymous e-mail to the Political Whore column.
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Wayne-When he worked for the city of St. Petersburg, Rick Dodge was famous for disappearing for hours at a time. His secretary during his tenure with the city told me several bizarre stories of his disappearing acts. Had the county done its due diligence they never would have hired Rick.
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