Sometimes the best get it wrong

The following is a short exchange of e-mails between Justice4Kids' Cathy Corry and St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee bureau chief Steve Bousquet. It is Wednesday, January 16, 2008. DJJ Secretary Walt McNeil has just accepted Gov. Crist's offer to head Florida's Department of Corrections. Bousquet reported the move. Corry asked why no mention of McNeil's successor at DJJ. Bousquet replies to Corry that Gus Barreiro is successor to McNeil. This proves the old adage: "Get it first but get it right!" Follow the e-mail trail.

The players:

Cathy Corry: Founder and president of Justice4Kids.org, Inc.
Phil Gailey: Editor of Editorials St. Petersburg Times.
Steve Bousquet: Tallahassee Bureau Chief St. Petersburg Times.

02/08/08 Corry to Gailey: “Get it first but get it right!”
From: cathycorry@juno.com
To: Gailey@sptimes.com
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:24:26 -0500
Subject: Per Bousquet, DJJ Successor to McNeil: Ex-Rep Gus Barreiro

Phil, Tell Steve Bousquet: Get it first, but get it right! Cathy Corry - www.Justice4Kids.org

01/16/08 Bousquet to Corry: “Successor to McNeil: Ex-Rep Gus Barreiro”
From: sbousquet@sptimes.com
To: "cathycorry" <cathycorry@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:04:19 -0500
Subject: Re: McNeil moves from DJJ to DOC; who will run DJJ?
Message-ID: <OFC65FF15B.098C8E0B-ON852573D3.000B61DE@sptimes.com>

Successor to McNeil: Ex-Rep Gus Barreiro

01/16/08 Corry to Bousquet: “Your story omits any mention of who will replace McNeil…”
From: cathycorry
Sent: 01/16/2008 08:56 PM [20:56]
To: Steve Bousquet
Subject: McNeil moves from DJJ to DOC; who will run DJJ?

Glad you updated your story about 'The soft-spoken McNeil' and his controversial master's degree.

Your story omits any mention of who will replace McNeil at DJJ, permanent or interim. Crist would be a fool if he appoints DJJ Deputy Secretary Rick Davison! Rick is an incompetent liar who has been micromanaged by Walt. I'm just one of many who despise Rick Davison.

Ask former DJJ HQ employee Rod Wenzel 850-219-1175, who prevailed in a lawsuit against DJJ several years ago, and writes "Rick Davison trampled my Constitutional rights and did not have the intelligence or concern for civil rights to even recommend due process."

Also Ask current DJJ HQ employee Jane McNeely, 850-224-1978, who has recently filed for whistleblower protection primarily regarding an accusation toward her that appears to have been orchestrated by Rick Davison.

Cathy Corry - www.Justice4Kids.org 727-799-9762

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/16/State/Juvenile_chief_to_hea.shtml

St. Petersburg Times Juvenile chief to head prisons Crist cites a personal affinity in picking the former police chief. By STEVE BOUSQUET, Tallahassee bureau chief Published January 16, 2008

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