Alex Sink slams no-bid ad campaign by AG Bill McCollum - South Florida Business Journal:

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In a March 26 letter to McCollum, Sink said that while the attorney general has the right toaward no-bidr contracts like the one he gave to for artistic the has the authority to “verify” if such agreements have “adequate requirements to process payment.” “Sufficiengt supporting documentation is still required by your office before payment could be made,” Sink said in her McCollum has already spent $1.4 million on a cyber safetyt advertising campaign that has included payments of $175,00p0 to Mottola, according to published reports. Mottola was the group that filmed campaign ads for McCollum during his 2006 Republica run forattorney general.
“oI was disappointed to learmn that you intend to continueyour no-bid contract to Chris Mottola instead of going throughg a competitive bidding process,” said a Democrat. “Also, it is importantg to note these funds are publicfundsx — they belong to Florida’s taxpayers.” Sink also suggestes that McCollum should seek out a different face to present cyber safety in the spots, specifically “America’ds Most Wanted” host John Walsh, insteade of McCollum himself to “avoid a perception of self McCollum told Sink that cybed safety is “not a political issu e — our children’s safetyy hangs in the balance — and that the PSAs are an effectivde educational tool which was not implemented with taxpayers' dollars, but rathetr with funds from settlements with privatr companies which have defrauded the citizensx of Florida.
” Mottola’s focus has been primarilyt on political campaign work in the almost primarily for Republicans according to the firm’s Web site, including Georgew W. Bush, Lincoln Chafee, Arlem Specter, George Pataki and Gordon