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Conservative group airs TV ad for McColllum

by Michael C. Bender | July 19th, 2010

We reported Saturday that the League of American Voters poured $50k in a political advocacy group working on behalf of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum.

Now, the conservative “league,” best known for its anti-Obama activism during the federal health care debate, has a seven-figure buy on Florida TV across the state that uses Medicare fraud and federal stimulus money to attack McCollum’s primary opponent, Rick Scott.

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2 Responses to “Conservative group airs TV ad for McColllum”

  1. Since When Did Conservatives Rip Off The very Taxpayers They are supposed to work For? Says:

    JUST A FEW REAL FACTS ABOUT THE 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE McCOLLUM HAS RENDERED TO HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW CULTURE OF CORRUPTION MEMBERS AND NOT
    WE THE TAXPAYING/ VOTING PUBLIC. CHECK ALL OF THIS OUT AND YOU WILL FIND EVERY WORD IS TRUE! NO WONDER HE NEVER MENTIONS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON HIS ADS:

    Bill McCollum has his own negatives, and he can hardly answer them once he is attacked.
    CONSERVATIVES DON’T DO THIS!

    He is vulnerable on the following:

    1) Rent A Boy Gay Scandal ($120,000. PAID OUT)
    2) State airplane abuse ($280,000. +)
    (SQUASHED BY HIS PARTNER IN CRIME CHARLIE CRIST ALONG WITH THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST CRIST, KOTTKAMP AND SINK!)
    3) Capping BP liability at $75 million
    4) Votes to loosen mortgage regulations
    5) Being a lobbyist
    6) Being a career politician
    7) Being weak on Immigration (Changed His Feeble Mind on this issue!)
    8) Being a hypocrite (NO BACKBONE)
    9) Voting with Crist and Sink to squander $250 million on a bad NYC Apartment investment. (SEE LINK BELOW)
    10) Giving $2 million in taxpayer money to the same guy who is now producing attack ads for a shady attack group on his behalf.
    11) Links to Jim Greer (SUBPOENA COMING)
    12) Facilitated the purchase of the Orlando Naval Base for friend Penny Pritzner at pennies on the dollar.
    13) Refused to investigate any reported incidents of public corruption and responded with silly form letters informing complainants to hire their own attorney for resolutions.
    14) Stanaki Land Deal for his friend Morri Hosseini along with accomplice Charlie Crist (**) see below

    (**) Stanaki Land Deal Info:

    Perhaps the Federal authorities need to look into a potential honest services issue regarding a Volusia County Republican Donor and Governor Crists dealings on a Land deal known as Stanaki. Stanaki Land deal in Volusia County could hurt McCollum. FDEP/ DSL was negotiating to buy land from major Republican donor and Volusia Based Developer Mori Hosseini in 2006. In derrogation of a court ruling (Case 05-001852) Crist granted development entitlements on the Land (FLAWC053106) while negotiations were in process. The donor was allowed to get new appraisals and raised the asking price from 8 to 16 million. Crist then had FDEP end negotiations and asked DCA to fund the purchase through a FCT Grant per McColums request. McCollum advised FCT to remove the previous appraisals from the files and allowed new appraisals to be used by the State. May 9 DCA approved funding the purchase at the higher per acre price. FCT Director Ken Reecy, said he was advised that the earlier FDEP appraisals and offers were “irrelevant” and was asked to remove them from the files prior to staff and Board review of the grant application (08-004-FF8). McCollum advises Departments on such matters and has ultimate authority on the process.
    http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/09/state-lost-250-million-on-nyc-real-estate-deal/

  2. McCollum Changing Directions Again Says:

    Which way did he go? McCollum was opposed to bringing the Arizona immigration to Florida before he was against it! Wow! How can this be possible? McCollum was a supporter of
    RICK SCOTT when he was surrering the wrath of the evil Clinton Administration who could not communicate the rules according to McCollum. And now that RICK SCOTT is a candidate running against him for governor of Florida, McCollum has turned on RICK SCOTT. So does this mean McCollum now supports the Clinton administration? Or does he support the Obama administration? Or does he support anything other than the survival
    of the RPOF culture of corrutpion? It’s hard to tell! You can see what McCollum had to say right here!

    http://www.truthaboutrickscott.com/

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