Florida's Culture Of Corruption

Florida’s federal lawmakers and their staffs took 103 privately sponsored trips in 2014 valued at more than $350,000. Foreign destinations included Sweden, Peru and Japan. In a number of cases, relatives came along and had their expenses covered. here 

Topping the list was Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Jacksonville. 

Other top travelers at a private group’s expense include 
Rep.Ted Deutch, D-West Boca Raton ($20,713),
Sarasota's Rep Vern Buchanan

And Miami Cuban Mafia members 
GOP Sen. Marco Rubio ($37,255), 
GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami-Dade, ($36,084),
 GOP Rep, Mario Diaz-Balart ($28,922), R-Miami-Dade 

Publix’s Federal Contribution List

FLORIDA GOP

$1,248,515 

The Republican Agriculture Commissioners 527 

$200,000

 The Republican Governors Association 527 

$100,000

The National Republican Congressional Committee

$25,000

Florida GOP  U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan

 (CREW's Most Corrupt) 

is also on the list. Florida Dems Got $353,600

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On 11.4.14 We End Florida's Right Wing Infestation

Pam Bondi
George Sheldon
Bill Wohlsifer 

Rick Scott
Charlie Crist
Adrian Wyllie
Farid Khavari 

Jeff Atwater
William Rankin 

Adam Putnam
Thad Hamilton

John Mica
Wes Neuman
Al Krulick

Daniel Webster
Michael McKenna
David Falstad

Rich Nugent
ave Koller

Ted Yoho
Marihelen Wheeler

Steve Southerland
Gwen Graham

Vern Buchanan
Henry Lawrence

Jeff Miller
Mark Wichern

VOTE 11.4.14

Dems Help Drown South Florida

• Joe Garcia 

• Patrick Murphy 

• Vern Buchanan 

• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 

• Bill Posey

• Dennis Ross

• Mario Diaz-Balart

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Kathy Castor
• Lois Frankel here

Publix’s Contribution List

The Republican Agriculture Commissioners 527 ($200,000)

The Republican Governors Association 527 
($100,000)

The National Republican Congressional Committee ($25,000)

Mitch McConnell ($16,200)

Lindsey graham ($15,200)

 Florida GOP 
Steve Southerland 
Vern Buchanan are also on that list.

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Florida GOP Blatant Hypocrisy

The GOP House just passed H.R. 4138

The "ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014."

The sole purpose of the bill is to force the President and Attorney General to enforce Federal laws prohibiting states from selling marijuana for any reason. In Florida, all GOP.

 

Diaz-Balart, Mario

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana

Buchanan, Vern

Ross, Dennis

Bilirakis, Gus

Nugent, Richard

Webster, Daniel

Posey, Bill

Mica, John

DeSantis, Ron

Crenshaw, Ander

Yoho, Ted

Southerland, Steve

Miller, Jeff

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Joe Newman for Congress

A Sarasota man says he has the experience necessary to earn a seat in Congress. At 101-years old, Joe Newman certainly knows a thing or two,

so the centenarian is launching a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Newman is competing for Florida's 16th Congressional District;

 

 He is fighting for Vern Buchanan's (CREWS Most Corrupt)  seat.

local Congressmembers Take Advantage Of Campaign Loopholes

One notable example is U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan

According to federal campaign financing records, Buchanan used a campaign account to pay $232,082 since 2005 to his sister-in-law, Yvonne Buchanan, for bookkeeping services. The Longboat Key Republican also rented space from three companies owned by the candidate himself — Auto Central Services Inc., Jamatt Properties and 130 Tamiami Trail LLC. Buchanan also paid more than $110,000 in rent to his own business.......more

He is on Florida's Most Corrupt list.

Wake up Sarasota. In 2014 you do have a choice. Check out Mitch Mallett
The Dems are in on it too, Bill Nelson reimbursed himself more than $10,000 in past years. He also repaid his wife several thousand dollars in expenses.

Mitch Mallett For Congress

A self-described “practical liberal” has announced he will challenge one of the country's most corrupt politicians U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan of Sarasota........more

Visit him at Facebook.

What A Nice Time To Be A Liberal

Florida Republicans 

Rick Scott,  Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder, Pam Bondi, Jeff Atwater,  Adam Putnam,  

Steve Southerland, Ander Crenshaw, Ron DeSantis,  John Mica, Bill Posey,

Jorge Bonilla, Daniel Webster, Rich Nugent, Gus Bilirakis, Dennis Ross, Vern Buchanan, 

Tom Rooney, Mario Diaz-Balart,  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

               Remember these folks in 2014.                     

I Am Vern Buchanan

Accountability

I am from Sarasota. I am always on someones list of most  corrupt politicians.

 I am in the top ten over at Judicial Watch, and I am number 5 at CREW's most corrupt for 2013.

But somehow the nice folks down here keep electing me.

Florida Representatives Who Voted For Gov. Shutdown, All Republicans

Rep. Jeff Miller [R-D1] - Jim Bryan (D)

Rep. Steve Southerland [R-D2] - Gwen Graham (D)

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-D3]

Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-D4] - Gary Koniz (Write-In)

Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-D6] - David Cox (D), Andrew Scott (D)

Rep. John Mica [R-D7] - Nick Ruiz III (D)

Rep. Bill Posey [R-D8] - Gabriel Rothblatt (D), Corry Westbrook (D)

Rep. Daniel Webster [R-D10]

Rep. Richard Nugent [R-D11]

Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-D12]

Rep. W. Bill Young [R-D13] - Jessica Ehrlich (D)

Rep. Dennis Ross [R-D15] - Alan Cohn (D)

Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-D16]

Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-D17] - Will Bronson (D)

Rep. Trey Radel [R-D19] - April Freeman (D)

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-D25]

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-D27]

Tampa Bay Republicans: Fuck The Poor

Hungry Americans should long remember the vote taken last week by the House to endanger the nation's food stamp program. House Republicans stripped the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program out of the farm bill, where it had been since 1973, and then passed the legislation without a single Democratic vote. House Republicans are fine with spending billions of dollars to subsidize farmers, but they refuse to adequately fund or even take up legislation for a program that provides food aid to 47 million Americans, about half of them children. Every Republican member of Congress from the Tampa Bay area should explain why feeding hungry children is less important than crop insurance for agribusiness.
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Republican members of the House from the Tampa Bay area who voted for the stand-alone farm bill last week, Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Palm Harbor; Richard Nugent, Spring Hill; Dennis Ross, Lakeland; C.W. Bill Young, Indian Shores; and Vern Buchanan, Sarasota. Only Rep. Kathy Castor, a Democrat from Tampa, voted against the bill. I hope you remember them come election day.
Republican Party’s Top Priorities

Florida's Most Corrupt

Vern Buchanan
Rep. Vern Buchanan is still the chief fundraiser for House Republicans — even though his own campaign’s fundraising broke just about every law on the books.

David Rivera

Rep. David Rivera’s personal finances were already a legal black hole before he conspired to break campaign finance laws to prop up a candidate running in the Democratic primary for his House seat.

Cliff Stearns
When it comes to earmarking millions of taxpayer dollars for an institution that contributes to their family income, Rep. Cliff Stearns and his wife make a great team.
All republicans, what a surprise!

America: What A Country

Former Disgraced Republican South Carolina Gov. and adulter Mark Sanford on Tuesday won back his old congressional seat in a district that hasn't elected a Democrat in three decades. I am sure he is headed to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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It must be true what they say that GOP voters will vote for anybody as long as there is an R at the end of their name.
 Locally see vern buchanan or Will Weatherford.

David Rivera and Vern Buchanan

In the seventh edition of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's listing of the most corrupt members of Congress, two Florida congressmen managed to earn a spot on the list. Those two Florida representatives would be Miami-based Rep. David Rivera and Rep. Vern Buchanan of Sarasota
-- both members of the Republican Party.
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Embarrassed Sarasota Voters

Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (aka CREW) lists the 11 “most embarrassing re-elections of 2010,” naming Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, among them and citing a long list of allegations of campaign finance violations as evidence.
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Most Corrupt' List: Rep. Vern Buchanan

A report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a very reputable and unbiased D.C.- based research outfit. CREW has named Buchanan as the only freshman to be included in its list of the 20 most corrupt U.S. congressmen.......here

Vote Christine Jennings

How Florida Voted On The Great Swindle of 2008

Democrats -- Yes: Alcee Hastings, Ron Klein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Robert Wexler, Kendrick Meek, Tim Mahoney, Corrine Brown, Allen Boyd. Democrats -- No: Kathy Castor.

Republicans -- Yes: Ander Crenshaw, Adam Putnam, Dave Weldon. Republicans -- No: Jeff Miller, Ginny Brown-Waite, Cliff Stearns, John Mica, Ric Keller, Gus Bilirakis, C.W. Bill Young, Vern Buchanan, Connie Mack, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Tom Feeney..........here

Thank You Kathy Castor. Shame On You Robert Wexler.

Ethically Challenged Florida Republicans

Tom Feeney and Vern Buchanan

According to a new report released today by the non-partisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Republican Congressmen Tom Feeney (FL-24) and Vern Buchanan (FL-13) are among the 20 most corrupt Members of Congress out of the 535 members of the House of Representatives and Senate........here