The not-so-green Charlie Crist also proves not-so-good at European biz development
‘Memba when Charlie Crist went to Europe last year? Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab (a former student of mine at UF years ago) takes the opportunity of the 1-year anniversary of the hobnobbing journey to see what exactly Crist accomplished.
Answer: not much.
The big news out of the trip heralded in a news release from the Governor’s Office last year – and the only point Crist mentioned to me when I asked him last week about results of his travels – was that Spanish solar energy company Renovalia would consider building a Florida plant.
Renovalia and Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative signed an agreement to discuss that possibility.
Today those discussions don’t appear to have gone very far.
The formal agreement expired in December, and the two companies didn’t bother to extend it, though talks are still “ongoing,” said Seminole Electric spokeswoman Michele Collet Kriz.
And this man wants to be our next US senator? Can you say, junket??
