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Kendrick Meek Campaign urges Charlie Crist to veto ‘leadership funds’ bill

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From Kendrick Meek: Even as financial abuses at the Florida Republican Party come under scrutiny and investigation, the effort to expand secret political slush funds in Florida has been renewed.  We can’t afford to let the backroom bankrolling of politicians be an accepted practice of Tallahassee insiders.  Tell Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio that enough is enough. “[There is currently up for veto] a bill that allows a handful of legislators to create soft-money fundraising machines, known as leadership funds,…

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Wall Street Journal labels Charlie Crist the ‘Republican Barney Frank’. Yikes!

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The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal tagged Charlie Crist as the Republican Barney Frank, but not for the reasons you may assume. “Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running for the U.S. Senate next year, and we wonder if one reason is that he doesn’t want to be in Tallahassee when the next hurricane hits his state. His veto of a hurricane insurance reform bill last week all but guarantees a state disaster on top of any wrought by…

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