A USELESS STATE AGENCY AND A DISMAL SECRETARY:
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
January 2, 2009
Dear Governor Charlie Crist, Dear Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp, Dear Senators, Dear State Representatives, Friends and Members,
when Charles W. Drago was appointed Secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation many of Florida's citizens hoped that he would bring the much needed changes everybody was hoping for. Rumor had it that his background "law enforcement" would help him bring this department back on the right track. But hope quickly turned into utter disappointment when Florida's citizens had to realize that he was just another bureaucrat, whose main interest was to keep business as usual, ignoring the many problems Florida's citizens are facing when dealing with this useless state agency.
Please read my opinion about this "disastrous" agency:
http://www.ccfj.net/CCFJDBPRuseless.htm
"On the Road to Better Business" turned out to be just a joke, a waste of money and resources. Example: A condo owner went to see Secretary Drago, but was warned by an investigator not to complain about him or he would ignore the filed complaint. The condo owner complained anyway, the Secretary made some empty promises he never followed up on and the investigator made his "promise" true.
Quite a few citizens complained about the DBPR staff -- others couldn't because all appointment slots were already filled. But Secretary Drago ignored these complaints of his "customers" anyway -- and added insult to injury when he wrote in his newsletter about the great changes that came about when listening to Florida's citizens (quote): "It takes great people to affect change, and we’re fortunate to have a wonderful team."
Secretary Charles W. Drago is just another DBPR Secretary living in a dream world! Florida's citizens can only hope that Governor Charlie Crist will quickly take action and appoint a DBPR Secretary willing to do the job. Florida's citizens already suffer from a bad economy and a non-existing real estate market. We don't need a dysfunctional government agency like the DBPR!
NO WONDER THIS STATE IS CONSIDERED IN THE NATION AS "FRAUD FRIENDLY FLORIDA!"
We always hear the excuse that cost has to be kept low in the interest of Florida ’s taxpayers. The DBPR is not financed by general tax funds -- actually general tax funds profit from the money licensees and consumers are paying in special funds -- and especially so-called trust funds. Let's make it very clear -- the trust is long gone, together with the money that has been misappropriated for purposes other than protecting consumers and regulating professions!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!
Jan Bergemann, President
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