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THE GOOD OLE WHITE BOY DEVELOPERS AND TALLAHASSEE LOBBYISTS HAVE BOUGHT THEIR TOKEN WOMAN SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONER-MAST
MAST IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A DESPICABLE CORRUPT POLITICIAN LONG DEEP IN THE POCKETS OF DEVELOPERS AND TALAHASSEE LOBBYISTS– FOLLOW THE MONEY
If ever there was a politician who could be described as a political whore, it is Teresa Mast running for the Sarasota County Commission.
Mast and Baugh
Mast is just like an older former Carlos Beruff/Anthony Pedicini Manatee County Shit Show Commissioner Vanessa Baugh, who just like Baugh hustles money from the likes of Pat Neal, Carlos Beruff, Randy Benderson, Rex Jensen to get elected and become their flunky---THERE ARE WORDS FOR THAT HUSTLE WE ALL KNOW.
Baugh, who has just moved to Sarasota County and has become a local Sarasota REC precinct person has with her husband given 2, $1,000 contributions to Mast.
Chairman of the Beruff/Pedicini Manatee County Commission Shit Show, who is a member of Pedicini's Lavender Republicans, Kevin Van Ostenbridge contributed $200,00 to the Mast campaign.
THE GOOD OLE BOY DEVELOPERS AND TALLAHASSEE LOBBYISTS HAVE BOUGHT THEIR TOKEN WOMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER-MAST
Jensen/Benderson/Beruff/Neal
Not only have local Good Ole Boy “Pay To Play” developers like Neal, Beruff, Benderson, Jensen and their cronies bought a pierce of Mast with over $200,000 of campaign contributions, so have other establishment RINO UNI Party Good Ole Boy power brokers out of Tallahassee bought a piece of Mast. That $200,000 will double to bring in their token woman Sarasota County Commissioner.
Ramba
First of all, there is Tallahassee lobbyist David Ramba, who describes his lobbying company as, “Experience the power of true influence with Ramba Consulting Group.” That power of true influence has increased now with one of his employees being Evan Power, who is now the Chairman of Florida Republican Party (RPOF).
Power's mug shot after he got arrested running into tree driving drunk one late night in Tallahassee
Power since becoming Chairman of the RPOF has become the RINO UNI Party waterboy for establishment Tallahassee insiders like his boss, Ramba, who all are Governor Ron DeSantis loyalists.
DeSantis/Power/Brill/Culbreath
Power has teamed up throughout the State of Florida with local REC chairpersons like Jack Brill in Sarasota and April Culbreath in Manatee County taking out America First Leaders and America First organizations on behalf of DeSantis
MAST’S FRIENDS OF TERESA MAST PAC MANAGED BY TALLAHASSEE LOBBYIST RAMBA
One of the 140 PAC that Power’s boss, Ramba has managed is Strong Communities of Southwest Florida PAC, which has funneled $41,250 into the Friends of Teresa Mast PAC. Ramba also stuffed 2, $1,000 contributions into the Mast campaign.
Beruff
Ramba's Communities of Southwest Florida PAC is one oF a 140 Ranba PAC that has $1.2 million in contributions with over 100 contributors, who now has a piece of Mast. One of those contributors with eight $1,000 LLC contributions belongs to Beruff, who increased his piece of Mast with a previous $10,000 contribution to Mast.
The RINO political fossil Neal
Neal and Benderson also used the Ramba PAC to funnel money into Mast, which stuffed Mast deeper in their pockets with a $10,000 kiss from their LLC. Both Neal and Benderson had previously bought a piece of Mast with 10, $1,000 contribution from 10 of their dark soft money LLC.
Jon Mast
The Tallahassee political operative, Ramba is also managing a PAC for Teresa Mast’s husband, Jon Mast called Floridians for Sustainable Economy. The Mast/Ramba PAC pumps money into local politicians with aid from a $35,000 contribution from Benderson.
Jones
ANOTHER TALLAHASSEE ESTABLISHMENT UNI PARTY-STAFFORD JONES HAS BOUGHT A PIECE OF MAST
Another Tallahassee Good Ole Boy political operative who has a big piece of Mast is William Stafford Jones, who the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville describes Jones’ activities this way; "Jones is listed on the documentation for nearly 40 political committees. Most don’t provide enough publicly available information to determine who or what the committee exists to benefit. All but a handful of Jones’ committees have the same mailing address: 115 E. Park Ave., Suite 1 in Tallahassee."
Coates
That 115 E. Park Ave, Suite 1 listed address of Jones numerous PAC is the office of the Coates law firm, which is owned by Richard Coates, a lobbyist, a campaign consultant, and has served as general counsel of the RPOF. Coates states he "has counseled a variety of political action committees (PAC) with regard to navigating the political arena."--no doubt one of those would be Mast.
Coates and Jones have put their hooks into Mast on behalf of their unnamed clients by funneling in $10,000 of dark soft money from the Conservative Leadership LLC into Ramba's managed Friends of Teresa Mast PAC. Coates is the agent of the Conservative Leadership LLC with Jones as Agent/Director.
Jones has also funneled in a $1,000 contribution from each of 9 PAC Jones manages into the Mast campaign putting thousands more of his clients having their hooks into a potential Sarasota County Commissioner.
The Coates/Jones funneled $10,000 from the Conservative Leadership LLC out of Coates office into Ramba’s managed Friends Teresa Mast PAC has Anna Stone, as a director of the LLC.
Anderson
The same Stone is the same person that Jones have driven 200 miles from her home in Ocala to set up a PAC at a P.O Box in Venice called Protect Venice with $45,000 of a $100,000 contribution that came from Neal to a Jones PAC called Responsible Leadership Committee, which was to be successful in taking out Venice City Council member, Debroah Anderson in 2015.
Anderson, according to former Venice activists and investigative reporter John Patten, “was a Venice City Council member who was Neal’s worst nightmare."
Pedicini
THE MAST/RAINFORD/BUCHANAN – PEDICINI CONNECTION
- Pozzi/Knight/Coe the three local candidates taking on Buchanan/Rainford/Mast's Lavender Republican political operative out of Ybor City-Pedicini
Mast along with Neil Rainford running for Sarasota County Commissioner against Tom Knight and James Buchanan running for reelection against another America First candidate, Michelle Pozzi have hired the Lavender Republican political operative, Anthony Pedicini to run their campaigns.
Mast opponent for District 1 Sarasota County Commission Alexandra Coe
Mast has so far made 19 payments totaling $65,000 to Pedicini, which no doubt will triple to the Lavender Republican political operative Pedicini. That $65,000+ is to takeout Mast's opponent Alexandra Coe and make Mast another bought and sold politician with thousands having a piece of Mast and another politician stuffed in Neal/Beruff/Jensen/Benderson pockets.
Thomson
Mast has also made 11 payments to Rod Thomson totaling $8,500 so far to do Mast media. This $8,500 to Thomson is while Thomson is being paid to do the media person for the RINO UNI Party Brill's led local REC.
The Lavender Republican Pedicini with Beruff Shit Show Manatee County Commissioners
This is the same Pedicini, who has turned the Manatee County Commission into a Shit Show with seven Manatee Commissioners totally incompentent flunkies deep in the Beruff/Neal JUNTA pockets turning the County into one huge parking lot making $millions for the JUNTA.
Pedicini out of closet promoting liberal UNI Party Tampa Mayor Castor and her LGBTQ coalition
Pedicini is the same Lavender Republican political operative working closely with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor promoting her liberal agenda, while promoting a conservative agenda for Beruff's Shit Show County Commissioners in Manatee County.
MAST HAS ENJOYED KISSING NEAL’S RING BECOMING A NEAL FLUNKY FOR YEARS
Mast first kissed Neal’s ring a few years ago when she ran for the Sarasota County School Board to become a duo with the Eric “The Prince of Dirty Dark PAC Money” Robinson on the School Board.
Mast and Robinson were no different than the liberals on the School Board. All were part of the Neal/Beruff JUNTA building schools for Neal/Jensen/Beruff development and keeping Impact fees low.
After losing, Mast made a trip up to Neal’s Lakewood Ranch office and sat patiently before planting another kiss on Neals’ ring.
This sucking up to Neal was to get a position on the Sarasota County Planning Board to prove her allegiance to the Neal/Beruff/Benderson/Jensen JUNTA, which has stuffed just about every Manatee/Sarasota politician from Judges to dog catchers in their pockets.
Mast exhibited 100% allegiance to the Neal/Beruff JUNTA by voting every time on the Planning Board when the Neal/Beruff JUNTA put a proposal before the board turning Sarasota into Paradise Lost and one huge parking lot.
Mast sat patiently on the Planning Board waiting her summons to serve on the Neal/Beruff Junta Sarasota County Commission.
Caraguilo
That opportunity almost came when then Sarasota County Commissioner Paul Caraguilo went off the Neal/Beruff JUNTA play book by voting against turning the Celery Fields into a neighbor for of waste disposal plant for a Neal/Beruff vassal, James Gabbert.
After that vote, Caragiulo was out and Mast was summoned to the Neal HQ to kiss the Neal ring once again to become Caragiulo’s replacement.
Ziegler
Unfortunately for Mast, Caragiulo once again went off Neal/Beruff script and announced not to run for reelection and endorsed Christian Ziegler before Mast announced.
Ziegler announced loyalty to the Neal/Beruff Junta and was elected. Eventually after getting elected, Ziegler became not a 100%er for the Junta and he was dispatched in 2022 by another Neal, Planning Board appointee, Mark Smith.
Mast long time sucking up to the Neal/Beruff JUNTA on the Sarasota County Commission paid off when she was summoned once again for anothr ring kissing ritual to Neal up at his office in Lakewood Ranch.
Moran
Mast was informed by Neal that her long time going along to get along with the Neal/Beruff JUNTA was duly noted and she was to replace the term limited Neal flunky County Commissioner, Mike Moran.
Immediately, hundreds if not thousands of “wise guys” turning Sarasota and Manatee County into one big Shit Show began to get a piece of Teresa Mast.
First there were 10, $1,000 contributions from each leader of the RINO UNI PARTY: Benderson/Beruff/Jensen/Neal. $Thousands more came from others putting their hooks into Mast, who have turned Sarasota and Manatee Counties into their fiefdoms.
Lieberman and Beruff promoting their Aqua-by-the Bay environmental disaster before the Mantee County Commission
Individual like Bruff’s partner Larry Lieberman in the Aqua by the Bay environmental and traffic disaster with 5, $1,000 contributions; 5, $1,000 contributions from Gabbert; 5, $1,000 from Siesta Key hotel builder Gary Kompothecras; 4, $1,000 contributions from the Boone law firm; 4, $1,000 contributions from another developer "rainmaker, Bo Medred. Another Siesta Key proposed hotel builder, David Balot threw in $2,500 to the Mast campaign.
There are hundreds more giving the maximum $1,000 contributions to Mast, which inclulded $1,000 from Neal's political opeeritive and convicted criminal for political fraud, Bob Waechter. All getting their hooks into the nothing more than a political whore for the RINO Good Ole Boy Neal and his UNI Party cronies, who have turned Sarasota and Manatee Counties into Shit Show fiefdom for the Neal/Beruff JUNTA.
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