Corruption in Florida

A poster named "west" at the Rigorous Intuition forum linked to this story.

TAMPA - Ralph Mervine, executive director of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority, resigned Wednesday after a Tampa Tribune investigation found he is listed as the owner of a gay pornographic film production company.

Before joining the authority, Mervine worked around the world, serving as a senior project engineer for the Arabian American Oil Co. in Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1980.

Mervine spent several years as a vice president for Brown and Root in Houston and a safety products company, Sure-Step of Tampa. In 1989, he went to work for the Florida Department of Transportation as director of operations for District 1, in Bartow.

Mervine left his job with DOT in 2001.

So, this fellow is linked to a Halliburton susidiary, Brown and Root, and the Department of Transportation, which is featured in the Clint Curtis story. The Republicans like the gay sex, don't they?