Monday, October 15, 2012  Karen Castor Dentel: Teacher Gets
Schooled on Ethics  Karen Castor Dentel Karen Castor Dentel,
currently employed by Orange County Public Schools as a teacher
at Dommerich Elementary School, is challenging State
Representative Scott Plakon for the District 30 seat in one of
the most closely watched campaigns in Florida this year.  Dentel
comes from a family of prominent Democrats (mother Betty is a
former state senator and education commissioner, and her sister
Kathy is a Congresswoman), so I assumed she would have the best
advisers helping her campaign, especially considering how highly
the Florida Democratic Party was prioritizing this race.
However, recent developments reveal a stunning pattern of
ethical violations by Dentel, including complaints filed with
the Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Commission on
EthicsI've embedded both complaints below, or you can click on
the links in the previous sentence to view them.  I'll get more
into the details of these complaint