[1] Waldron was with the St. Petersburg Times in 1963, when he wrote a series of articles (a total of 150,000 words) as part of the newspaper's coverage of unchecked spending by the Florida Turnpike Authority (FTA).
[1] Waldron received a tip about excessive spending by FTA Chairman John Hammer, including allegations that he had paid for expensive hotels and meals, and corsages for his secretary, as well as overcharges for a chartered plane.
[2] As part of his efforts to see how much it would take to spend $30 on a meal in 1963 —at a time when two people could dine opulently for $15— Waldron and a colleague went to an expensive Miami restaurant.
His final reporting for the paper was about the development of casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and their relationships with local municipal government.
[1] Arthur Gelb, then deputy managing editor for The Times, recalled that "if Mo Waldron was in town there would be a party somewhere and everybody from the mayor down would be there".