MARK SCHUMANN
Vero Beach City Council candidate, Charlie Wilson, was at it again today posting false accusations and misinformation on his Facebook page.
Wilson continues to attack Dian George, the Vero Beach resident who took him to court in 2009 for failing to meet residency requirements for city council candidates. As a result of George’s lawsuit, Wilson was removed from office.
More recently, George filed a complaint with the Florida Elections Commission, charging that Wilson again failed to meet the residency requirements for city council candidates. As late as last week, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was still investigating the facts surrounding George’s complaint that Wilson may have committed voter fraud by changing the address with the Supervisor of Elections’ office before he was legally residing at his 18th Avenue address. The fact are not clear, but Wilson signed a six month lease on a $500-a-month apartment on an 18th Avenue and moved into the apartment near the deadline to be met in order to qualify as a city council candidate.
In his Facebook post today, Wilson claimed the FDLE investigation had to do with his failure to include the word “For” on his campaign signs. Wilson is wrong, for that alleged campaign law violation led to a separate complaint filed with the Florida Elections Commission. Wilson also inaccurately referred to George as a former director of the Indian River
Neighborhood Association.
Earlier in the campaign, Wilson developed a conspiracy theory postulating the sale of Vero Electric was killed by the IRNA. More recently, Wilson has taken to blaming Vice Mayor Jay Kramer for single handedly persuading the leaders of the Florida Municipal Power Agency to uphold and enforce the joint action agency’s contracts.
Indian River Guardian 
As we learned in the Watergate era, the coverup is often worse than the crime itself.
Mr. Wilson appears to be consistent at least in providing misinformation on his Facebook page. As much as I admire and respect Jay Kramer, I am pretty certain he had nothing to do with whether the FMPA stuck by those signed contracts. The members have more at stake than just allowing VB to break their agreements. I’d guess they see the handwriting on the wall – “Beware of the domino effect” and “FPL wants YOU!.
If Charlie made an agreement with the state weeks ago, why does he have a hearing on the sign violation on the 29th of October in Tallahassee? Sorry Charlie, I got a letter from the state also inviting me to your hearing. Oh dear. I will advise regarding the outcome of the hearing. My disappointment lies with Charlie Wilson. I am already disappointed. I didn’t realize how loose the requirements are to run for public office.