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New College Comm Director Arrested

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Apr 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM.

  1. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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  2. vaxcardinal

    vaxcardinal GC Hall of Fame

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    Arrested 3 other times for this…wow
     
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  3. slocala

    slocala VIP Member

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    Weirdo

    OT: does anyone try on clothes at department stores anymore? Just buy two sizes and move on with your Ozempic treatments.
     
  4. 14serenoa

    14serenoa Living in Orange and surrounded by Seminoles... VIP Member

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    Sounds like another swampy situation. Maybe he should work as a marketing director for a nudist resort.
     
  5. G8R92

    G8R92 GC Hall of Fame

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    So LGTBQ books are bad but hiring a known perv is A-OK. Got it. Thanks Ron. #hillsdalecollegeofthesouth
     
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  6. wgbgator

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    They were also going to have an event with Russel Brand, lol. Guess they are rebranding as the rapey college.
     
  7. citygator

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    Seems totally out of character:

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  8. G8tas

    G8tas GC Hall of Fame

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    We've come to expect this from the right wing
     
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  9. DoubleDown11

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    Another hideous looking drag queen.
     
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  10. ajoseph

    ajoseph Premium Member

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    It seems those who hate the most and hate the loudest really just hate themselves.
     
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  11. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    and yet still given a high paying job..another dei hire?

    hired even with this in the record

    only the best

    instead of dei it is back to dna deciding who gets hired


    According to the Tampa Bay Times, Piccolo was accused in 2022 "of sending “unwanted, unsolicited, inappropriate, and grossly offensive” text messages to Florida Rep. Jackie Toledo while working as her campaign manager."

    He denied the accusation and a lawsuit was later dropped.

    Piccolo's past jobs include working as a spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis, and for Richard Corcoran when he was House speaker and at the Florida Department of Education. Corcoran is currently the president of New College.

    Fred Piccolo Jr.'s father, Rick Piccolo, president and CEO of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, denied any political influence last year, when asked if his son's ties to Corcoran or DeSantis influenced his attempt to sell airport land to New College.
     
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  12. GatorNorth

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    Another Desi DEI hire gone bad.

    3 priors for the same thing and somehow he still got the job.

    The meritocracy is working overtime in Florida
     
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  13. SotaGator

    SotaGator All American

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    Yet another super example of the entrenched political patronage system that Sarasota -Manatee Republicans have inflicted on our two counties.

    There used to actually be some decent local pols here, but most couldn't withstand the Rick Scott - Trump - DeSantis - MAGA onslaught of the last 12+ years. Not to mention all the uninformed newbies moving here who don't pay attention to local affairs.

    News about Piccolo Jr isn't news in these parts. I see his behavior is now being blamed on Parkinson's.

    SMDH
     
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  14. vaxcardinal

    vaxcardinal GC Hall of Fame

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    Don’t think I’ll ever move back to Florida
     
  15. BLING

    BLING GC Hall of Fame

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    I’m totally shocked that “merit based” really meant the exact opposite.
     
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  16. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Hope to never live anywhere that I need to wear socks..different strokes
     
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