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Article: Orlando Mayor Removed in Absentee Ballot Scandal.
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- The Bond Buyer
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- March 15, 2005
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer on Friday was removed from office by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush within hours after he and three others were booked and released from the Orange County jail on charges that they bought absentee ballots.
Dyer and Orange County Circuit Judge Alan Apte are charged with paying $16,000 and $5,000, respectively, to hire Ezzie Thomas, a political consultant, to collect absentee ballots for their election campaigns. Thomas and Patti Sharp, Dyer's campaign manager, also were arrested.
A grand jury for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Orange County last Thursday handed down indictments, which were sealed until all four were ...