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Pinellas GOP suffers worst fundraising quarter in nearly a decade

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At the most recent meeting of the Pinellas County Executive Committee, treasurer Chet Renfro delivered a speech in which he vigorously defended the fundraising and spending patterns of the PCREC — a speech which was said to have come in direct response to my blog post in October and the subsequent media coverage. Unfrotunately for Mr. Renfro and PCREC Chairman JJ Beyrouti, the latest fundraising report for the Pinellas GOP clearly shows that the party’s finances are not in sound…

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Video: Marco Rubio addresses Pinellas GOP

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Video (like I like martinis, just every so shaken) of U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio making an impassioned plea to the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee in the lead-up to the PCREC’s straw ballot vote in January:

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Pinellas GOP outraises local Dems, yet both have same amount of cash on hand. In other words, where’s the money, JJ?

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For the first time since 1996, the Florida Democratic Party outraised the Republican Party of Florida. Unfortunately for Pinellas Democrats, that trend did not extend to the local level, as the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee still crushes the Pinellas Democratic Party. For the last quarter: Pinellas GOP $29,891 Pinellas Democrats $22,700 Through June 30, the parties have raised: Pinellas GOP $96,598 Pinellas Democrats $33,882 But, the Pinellas Republican Executive Committee is blowing through money like I do at Derby…

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Now the Dick Morris event is free

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Who wouldn’t want to part with $75 to hear Dick Morris pontificate on the art of having your toes sucked? Evidently, not enough local Republicans, as the Pinellas GOP decided, rather than face a half-empty theatre, to give away tickets to Morris’ speaking engagement at The Palladium.

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Judge John Renke (deservedly) thrown off bench

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“No one disputes that John Renke III is a good circuit judge. But the way he got on the Pinellas-Pasco bench makes him unfit to serve, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. He is the 16th judge ordered removed from the bench in Florida since 1970 but the first removed solely for campaign violations. The ruling against Renke, 36, came in a harshly worded opinion that all but ends his 3 1/2 years of handling family law and probate in…

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