BREVARD COUNTY, Florida -- The Brevard County Republican Executive Committee
hosted the first debate between current Brevard County Clerk of Court
Mitch Needelman and former Brevard County Clerk of Court Scott Ellis at
the Holiday Inn in Viera.
The hour-long debate was heated at times, where Needelman called Ellis a
liar and that Ellis' numbers were in "Fantasyland" while Ellis
characterized the environment at the Clerk's office as "evil."
The major issue between the two is whether Ellis left the Clerk's office in the black prior to Needelman taking over. Ellis contended that there wasn't any crisis to justify the extreme changes made to the Clerk's office such as firing and rehiring Clerk employees through a private company. Needelman said that it wasn't outsourcing, but staff sourcing of Clerk employees which was put out to a competitive bid along with health insurance.
The major issue between the two is whether Ellis left the Clerk's office in the black prior to Needelman taking over. Ellis contended that there wasn't any crisis to justify the extreme changes made to the Clerk's office such as firing and rehiring Clerk employees through a private company. Needelman said that it wasn't outsourcing, but staff sourcing of Clerk employees which was put out to a competitive bid along with health insurance.
According to Needelman, there were three bids for the staff sourcing, and five bids for the health insurance.
The video of the debate can be seen HERE.
The video of the debate can be seen HERE.
I'm a Brevard County citizen and voter. Am I missing something here? Mr. Ellis up and left a job he was voted into in the middle of his term and left Florida to start a farm. Why is anyone even giving him the time of day? Any one of us quits our job in this economy to do something else, we'd expect to be told to go pound sand when we come crying to get our jobs back. No wonder most people don't trust politicians.
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