Sometimes there is not much to say...
Beyond the title and the link:
Ex-Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer indicted on charges of grand theft, money laundering
I mean, the only way it could it get any worse than the title implies is if the Florida GOP party could not figure out what Greer was doing on their own:
Greer had resigned under pressure in January after revelations about extravagant credit card spending. Only after he agreed to leave did party officials learn the details about a shell company he had set up, Victory Strategies LLC, which had a secret contract with the party: It would raise funds for the party and keep 10 percent of every major gift.
Party officials have said they did not know until after Greer's resignation that he owned 60 percent of the company.
At an Orlando new conference today, Statewide Prosecutor William Shepherd said Greer used Victory Strategies to steal and launder the money, pocketing a total of $125,161.50. Greer's hand-picked executive director and partner in Victory Strategies, Delmar Johnson, collected another $65,093, according to an affidavit that accompanied a search warrant sought by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Umm... Yeah. A "secret contract"??? So the party is saying that they didn't have a clue what their chairman was doing with their money? No oversight of their money at all? No treasurer?
No anybody else approving contracts in the hundred grand +++ payment range ?
Either they are corrupt, too, or completely incompetent as a party.
And Buyer Beware: Donate to the Florida GOP at your own peril...
Comments
luaptifer
June 3, 2010 - 09:37
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This is a good catch!
And the Florida GOP always worth paying attention to their crimes.
I checked my files but I find no recent direct connection by Greer or Johnson to Mike Connell, Tom Slade, Roy Cales, DCI Group, etc., beyond the Florida GOP affiliation itself.
That is, except for John McCain's candidacy where Greer and Johnson were both actively involved on McCain's FL organization.
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Connecticut Man1
June 4, 2010 - 10:52
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A little more interconnectivity to Maryland
in a rec'ed diary at dKos: