Key document reveals early airport evidence in Sansom case
From Sunshine Review
June 22, 2009 Prosecutors in the case against former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom argue that an April 2007 three-line document shows that the then speaker designate always intended for the $6 million building to be built at Destin Airport. Prosecutors suggests the omission of location in the final budget for the project intended for Northwest Florida State College was to conceal its true purpose: to serve as storage for a private aircraft for friend and political contributor, Jay Odom.[1]
[edit] Classrooms and jets
Prosecutors have made public nearly 16,000 pages of evidence against the former state House speaker as Sansom is preparing for his trial on felony official misconduct and perjury charges. Sansom and Bob Richburg, the Northwest Florida State College president, had denied that Odom was going to store planes in the building and that it was going to be used for classrooms. However, another piece of evidence in the mountain of paperwork against the former Florida House Speaker is a testimony from the man who oversaw Destin Airport saying he contacted the Federal Aviation Administration to say that the building would have classrooms as well as serve as storage and maintenance space for Destin Jet, a company owned by Odom.[1]
[edit] Odom indicted, Sansom charged
Sansom, a Destin Republican representative, is preparing his case with his lawyers and these public records came from the prosecutors bringing the case against him. A grand jury indicted Odom in May for official misconduct.[2]
[edit] External links
- Federal Aviation Administration website
- Destin Jet website
- Northwest Florida State College website
- Rep. Ray Sansom's official Florida House website
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Key document in Sansom case refers to airport early on"
- ↑ "Odom indicted, Sansom accused of perjury"
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