"Proper conduct of sale tax collector's responsibility"
Howard faults the proctors for failing to prevent the rigging of the
auction - something like holding the police culpable if a crime is
committed - rather than recognizing that they had actually done their
job properly: they caught the conspirators.
It's a breathtakingly expansive example of blaming the victim....see the
links below, one to the Florida State Prosecutor's press release, the
other to the legal brief filed by the State in the case:
http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsreleases/EB601C4A8CBD11F6
85256BC20056C1EA
http://myfloridalegal.com/taxcerts.pdf