CORRECTED: Scott asks court to eliminate state’s ‘millionaire’s amendment’
by Michael C. Bender | September 9th, 2010This blog was originally posted with the headline “Scott sues to block tax money from Sink campaign.” But that was wrong, because I misinterpreted a statement from Republican Rick Scott’s gubernatorial campaign. Here’s the truth:
Scott has asked a federal court to make permanent a preliminary injunction on a campaign finance law that gave tax dollars to candidates facing big-spending opponents.
Scott’s motion is considered to be a technicality at this point. The state has dropped its opposition, as has Scott’s primary opponent, Bill McCollum. Democratic candidate for governor Alex Sink’s campaign says she will not oppose Scott’s request, either.
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September 9th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
[...] gubernatorial primary, this time sicking his lawyers on Alex Sink’s campaign. From the Palm Beach Post: “The campaign, with the state’s consent, filed a motion to convert the preliminary injunction [...]
September 9th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Alex Sink as Treasurer of the SBA the Florida board that invests public money bet $266,780,948. million on a huge Manhattan real estate deal and lost every last penny
of it.
Included in the money lost, Florida paid $16 million in fees to real estate developers, bankers and Wall Street money managers who persuaded the state to make the deal.
State elected leaders with potential influence over the pension funds’ investments received campaign contributions from some of those same corporate giants. BlackRock, which is 49 percent owned by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, gave $500 to Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink (her former employer) during her 2006 campaign.
The chief of staff of CFO Alex Sink recommended the law firm of embattled attorney Scott Rothstein Sink’s deputy helped law firm of Rothstein get a shot at representing the state in some potentially lucrative legal work.
On Sept. 9, the state Democratic Party received a $200,000 check from Rothstein’s firm, money he had pledged at a fundraiser he hosted at his home for Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink.
About three weeks after the $200,000 contribution was recorded, Rothstein’s firm landed on a list of law firms being considered for potentially lucrative work with the State Board of Administration — with an assist from Sink’s chief of staff.
Sink’s Department of Financial Services has purchased 182 assault rifles – costing $255,000, according to Sink’s office – in the last two years. Sink, the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, says the rifles are necessary to protect fraud investigators, but the Legislature’s Republican budget writers argue the rifles are expensive and unnecessary. Typically, fraud investigators have carried pistols. Sink bought the rifles without competitive bids from Tampa-based SRT Supply, Inc.,
A scheme to defraud state taxpayers out of millions of dollars was thwarted by some alert Regions Bank employees and one of the state’s biggest road contractors — but not before millions of the money was transferred to Beirut, Lebanon. FBI agents caught Ali Hassan Hammoud, 35, minutes before he was to board an Air France flight to Lebanon, but they were too late to stop the transfer to Lebanon of some of the $5.7-million stolen from the state treasury transferred in four installments after state officials in Alex Sink’s office received bogus paperwork directing them to ship the money to an account Hammoud controlled instead of sending it to Anderson Columbia. Company officials began calling Sinks office on July 22, 2008 to determine why they had not been paid. Brian Schreiber, comptroller for the construction company, said they initially had trouble convincing Sink’s department that the company had not changed the bank accounts. “It took a while to convince them to forward us the documents, he was also troubled when he learned the state would change bank accounts without contacting the company that was supposed to receive the money. ”
Florida CFO “Alex Sink” was on that “GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE” on September 1, 2008 and She approved the 2008A Bond to finance the “Taj Mahal”… the new courthouse of extravagance in Tallahassee for the 1st District court of appeals.
http://www.sbafla.com/bond/pdf/sales/FACMAN08A_POS.pdf
September 9th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Alex Sink Supports Washington Democrats Who Love Taxes, Just Not Paying Them ~ She Gives Florida Retirement Funds to NYC Donors!
Alex Sink Has No Problem Bankrolling Washington Liberals Who Want to Raise Your Taxes But Don’t Pay Their Own
Tallahassee–The Republican Party of Florida today commented on the trouble Alex Sink’s liberal friends in Washington have when it comes to paying their taxes.
“Time and time again, Alex Sink has demonstrated her solidarity with Washington’s Democrat elite by contributing to the political campaigns of some of the most ardent tax hikers in the business,” said RPOF Executive Director Ronnie Whitaker. “Now, John Kerry is avoiding paying $500,000 in taxes on his yacht, Charlie Rangel was forced to step down as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee due to a pending ethics investigation and a plethora of appointees to the Obama Administration face inquiries about their own problems paying their taxes.”
Whitaker continued, “If Alex Sink wants to represent Floridians who pay their taxes, why does she support Washington Democrats who don’t?”
• Senator John Kerry Is Avoiding Paying $500,000 In Taxes On His Yacht.
• Congressman Charlie Rangel Failed To Disclose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Assets
Sink Sunk $250 Million of our Florida money in a bankrupt NYC Apartment for her donors!
http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/09/state-lost-250-million-on-nyc-real-estate-deal/
September 9th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
What a scumbag. Steals from the Sick to Give to the Rich. Then Sues to Block funds given by the people to defend against the Rich. How else can this Robber Baron lie, cheat, and steal his way to the top?
September 12th, 2010 at 2:40 am
[...] CORRECTED: Scott asks court to eliminate state’s ‘millionaire’s amendment’ This blog was originally posted with the headline “Scott sues to block tax money from Sink campaign.” But that was wrong, because I misinterpreted a statement from Republican Rick Scott’s gubernatorial campaign. Here’s the truth: Scott has asked a federal court to make permanent a preliminary injunction on a campaign finance … Read more on The Palm Beach Post [...]