Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll is resigniing. The Florida Times-Union reports that Carroll’s resignation will be announced shortly. It comes amid an investigation into Carroll’s involvement with Allied Veterans of the World, a non-profit that operates internet cafes in Florida and is being investigated for racketeering.
Peter Schorsch of the SaintPetersBlog tipped us off to this possibility earlier this morning:
IS JENNIFER CARROLL DONE AS LG?
The answer to this question is a definite maybe.There are rumblings out of Jacksonville that the arrest of FOP President Nelson Cuba and the group’s vice president Robbie Freitas, stemming from a national investigation of St. Augustine-based Allied Veterans of America (read: Internet cafes), may be blowing back on Carroll.
Do yourself a favor and keep an eye on Florida Times Union reporter Matt Dixon’s column and Tweets (@MDixon55).
And for background, you can read former Times Union reporter Abel Harding’s story from 2010 about how controversial legislation benefiting the Internet cafe industry proposed by then-Representative Jennifer Carroll was dropped after flags were raised over her proximity to Allied Veterans.
Or it could all be nothing…
Read Florida Times Union article.