THE PAYDAY LENDING INDUSTRY HAS BOUGHT FLORIDA’S POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT

Of the $2,556,457 given to Florida politicians and political parties by payday lenders since 2009, more than one-third of the money ($970,050) came from members of the Florida-based MacKechnie family and their payday lending company, Amscot Financial. Amscot was founded in 1986 to provide borrowers a bank-like alternative to a liquor store or pawn shop, said company founder 
Ian MacKechnie. 

The company has 239 locations across Florida, focusing in areas where banking options are slim. In 1998 Amscot Financial plead guilty to civil racketeering charges and as part of the plea agreement stemming from these charges, the company’s founder, Ian MacKechnie, Sr., was banned for life from selling auto insurance in Florida.

Here are your Democrats who have taken money Payday Lender Lobbyists

Candidates for U.S. House & U.S. Senate (2009 - 2016):

ALCEE HASTINGS $110,700

KENDRICK MEEK $72,800

PATRICK MURPHY $51,000

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ $50,600

CHARLIE CHRIST $29,000

RON KLEIN $27,400

KATHY CASTOR $17,000

TED DEUTCH $14,500

SUZANNE KOSMAS $14,000

ALLEN BOYD $14,000

GWEN GRAHAM $7,700

ALAN GRAYSON $10,300

JOE GARCIA $12,000

LOIS FRANKEL $10,000

ALEX SINK $9,750

BILL NELSON $5,000

GERALDINE THOMPSON $2,700

DARREN SOTO $2,000

LORI EDWARDS $1,000

Candidates for Florida State House & Senate (2009 - 2014)

that you may just know:

Oscar Braynan II $2,500

Janet Cruz $2,000 

Arthenia Joyner $2,000 

Rick Kriesman $1,500 

Daryl Rousson $2,000

 Betty Reed $500 

Jeremy Ring $2,000 
Sean Shaw $1,000 
Alex Sink (governor's race) $4,500

By Beth Eriksen Shoup

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AMSCOT was a sponsor of the 

Hillsborough County Democratic Party's 

 Spring Fling