Alex Sink: Spending Your Money Like It’s Her Own

As Florida’s CFO, Alex Sink Liked To Travel In Style At The Expense Of Taxpayers. Sink Took Hundreds Of Flights On State Planes, Often Including Side Trips For Her And Family Members. In Just Over Two Years, Sink’s Office Spent Over $400,000 On Flights On State Planes. (Miami Herald, 6/25/09)

In August 2008, CFO Alex Sink And The Cabinet Unanimously Approved Without Discussion The Sale Of $37.5 Million In Bonds To Build The Infamous Courthouse Known As The Tallahassee Taj Mahal. (Tampa Bay Times, Dec. 17, 2010)

The Courthouse Ended Up Costing Nearly $50 Million, More Than $15 Million Over Budget. (Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 19, 2011)

The Courthouse Contains “60-Inch Televisions, Granite, Mahogany, Exercise Room, Kitchens And Bathrooms For Every Judge” (Tampa Bay Times, Jan. 20, 2011)

Tampa Bay Times Columnist: “Chief Finance Officer Alex Sink Paid The Bills As They Came In, Only Pausing After The St. Petersburg Times Wrote About The Palace They Were Building.” (Tampa Bay Times, Jan. 23, 2011)

When Asked Why Sink Only Called For An Audit After The St. Petersburg Times’ Article Came Out, Sink’s Gubernatorial Campaign Said The Department Of Management Services (DMS) Did Not Raise Any Flags, And The Red Flag Was The Article. (Tampa Bay Times’ “The Buzz,” Sept. 2, 2010)

Politifact Said That While Alex Sink Was CFO Of Florida She, “Did Watch The Debt Increase Over Her Term” By $3.4 Billion. Even A University Of South Florida Professor Said: “You Can’t Say That She [Sink] Has No Responsibility For It [Debt]” (PolitiFact, 11/7/13)