During last night's City Commission meeting and the seemingly endless discussion where Commissioner Jennings tried her best to prove a negative (how the Planning, Zoning, Historic Resource Preservation Board somehow lacked a piece of substantial, competent evidence in rendering their decisions re the
Gulfstream Hotel), I approached
Annabeth Karson.

For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Ms.
Karson, she is what I would call a senior adviser to Commissioner Jennings - essentially the Carl Rove
equivalent in Cara's world. When I pointed out to her the contributions made by Charles
Celi to the Jennings and
Mulvehill campaigns, she responded that wasn't pay to play. Something like, "It's only pay-to-play if you make money."
Hmmmm.