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A 49 million dollar appeals court building under construction in Tallahassee is the subject of a scathing audit by Chief Financial Officer and Gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink’s office. The audit, started after a news paper story detailed overspending and luxuries such as granite counter tops and 60 inch flat screen TV’s found 17 items where oversight was neglected. Sink today refused 190 thousand dollars in payments for art. “What stands out to me is the appalling lack of leadership by the responsible parties, throughout this entire process”, says Sink. “The fact no one was standing up to say what about the taxpayer. DMS was essentially bullied by some of the judges, until they literally just turned over their authority for the project to some of the judges of the First DCA”.

The audit detailed two trips by judges, one of them on a private jet chartered by the contractor to view a courthouse in Michigan. Sink is calling on the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to seek an investigation by the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which has the power to recommend discipline or even the removal of a judge.