Expressway Hire Draws Concerns from Orange County Mayor

Submitted by Anonymous on November 6, 2011 - 8:34am

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs wants Gov. Rick Scott to adopt a new policy to prevent people with conflicts of interest serving on the board of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.

Jacobs,a Republican,wrote a three-page letter to Scott on Thursday to express her concern because in August Scott appointed engineer Scott Batterson to the board.

The Orlando Sentinel reported Batterson, a site civil engineer for IBI Group Inc., works for a company that would benefit from construction of the $1.8 billion Wekiva Parkway.

Jacobs did not request Batterson's removal in the letter.

Read the Sentinel story here.

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