Ethics Complaint on Addie Greene

Remember when Tampa wanted to lure the Scripps Research Institute to Hillsborough County? It appears the deal might be voided in because of a possible bride. Russell Yeager has filed an ethics complaint against Palm Beach County Commissioner Addie Greene. The Miami Herald contacted Greene. The Commissioner said, "Tell him to get in line. I have more important things to talk about." Obviously, the Herald didn't catch Greene in the best of moods.

George de Guardiola amassed $5 million pork pledges for Greene's education and business initiatives. Greene then voted to move the location of Scripps to Abacoa. She was the swing vote. Guardiola has a development project in the area. The case will go to the Florida Commission on Ethics.

Yeager's complaint calls for voiding the Scripps deal. That would make a lot of people in Palm Beach County unhappy.

The set location is Florida Atlantic University. The Bradenton Herald reports that a federal judge has halted the FAU location. The judge ordered a environmental impact analysis.

I'm curious about Yeager's angle in all this.