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MORE TWISTS & TURNS (4#) -
The Bob Allen Case -

Just when you thought it was settled . . .

Bob Allen was sentenced Thursday with a fine and probation; and he was banned from the Space View Park.

On Friday morning at 8:25am a threat was posted on the comment thread for the article describing his sentence at his local newspaper, Florida Today. It was supposedly from a member of his home owners' association, warning him that they would try to force him and his family out of their home.

"on behalf of the windover farms home owner's association of titusville, we don't want you on the board, bob. we don't even want you to live here. hopefully, when your man-wife divorces you, you'll have to sell the house."

And then, on Friday afternoon, Bob Allen resigned.

"Due to the requirements of my family and private life, and in order to seek justice in the upcoming appeal process, I regretfully would like to inform you that I will need to resign my elected position as the Legislator for House District 32, effective February 15, 2008..."

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+ What follows is my reaction.

I've been through about three phases in my reaction to this case. First, I thought the case against him was poppycock. Then, it seemed to me that it was somehow fishy, not based on the court transcripts, which I haven't read, but based on the Media coverage of the proceedings.

Once he was sentenced and since yesterday afternoon, I have developed some suspicions that maybe this was an actual setup. The situation seems like a scenario in some ways. I am not usually much of a conspiracy buff, but I have to wonder about the various elements in this situation and how they all are fit together.

For example: PO Kavanaugh, we are led to believe, while assigned to a burglary operation, spontaneously decided to go to a Men's Toilet to investigate suspicious behavior.

*Kavanaugh got approval to investigate, but was not recording the exchange because he wasn't planning a prostitution sting.*

Yeah, r-i-i-i-ght! This has about Zero in Credibility. When this case started, the Prosecution indicated that they had all kinds of evidence in the form of videotape from surveillance cameras and audiotape. But, it turned out, there is no such concrete evidence that supports the officer's story. And what other kind of "suspicious" behavior would probably be occurring in a Men's Toilet - reading too fast?

But, by this afternoon, another question floated to the top of the list of questions. Just how "spontaneous" was Kavanaugh's decision?

Or was this actually a pre-arranged ambush?

These questions and others still linger.

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