New Fla. congressman quietly reported loans in Dec

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

New Fla. congressman quietly reported loans in Dec
By CURT ANDERSON
The Associated Press
Tuesday, January 4, 2011; 3:52 PM

MIAMI -- U.S. Rep.-elect David Rivera did not report more than $130,000 in loans from a marketing firm involved in a successful effort to expand casino slot-machine gambling until he quietly amended his congressional financial disclosure forms weeks after winning election, according to the filings obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The filing was delivered by hand to the U.S. House of Representatives clerk on Dec. 16, but did not come to public attention until now.

It was filed one day before The Miami Herald published a lengthy article raising questions about Rivera's financial dealings with the gambling referendum firm, Millennium Marketing Strategies, and reporting the existence of an investigation by the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office.

In a cover letter with the amended filing, the Miami Republican told House officials that he didn't think the loans had to be reported when he filed his initial statement as a candidate in June. The December postelection amendment, he said in the letter, was being filed "out of an abundance of caution." He noted that after winning his congressional seat in the Nov. 2 election "I repaid all of these loans, with interest."




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[mbperrin]

1. Gambling? Nah, nothing shady there.

yeah, right.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Where did the money come from to pay for the loans plus interest??

[quakerboy]

16. Trust

Man the people financing these stinkers really have a lot of faith. You would think they would hold out on the payola until they start seeing some real results. Republicans don't exactly have a rep for being trustworthy, ya know?

[Roland99]

3. "I didn't know"

:eyes:

[Joanne98]

4. This is going to be the most CORRUPT freshman class in history!

[tanyev]

7. I'm sure Darrell Issa will get right on it.

[notadmblnd]

11. just as soon as he arranges to have his own car stolen from the congressional parking garage

[Plucketeer]

12. Yeah!

If there's any way Darrel can help sweep it under the rug! :rofl:





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[SoapBox]

5. Not a surprise...just more RushThug / T.HaterBagger sleeze...

[Javaman]

6. meh, a corrupt republican? color me surprised.

:sarcasm:

[WhiteTara]

8. repaid thoses loans AFTER the election

I wonder where the money came from to repay those loans.

[Dappleganger]

13. The First Bank of Christine O'Donnell.

[WhiteTara]

15. did they have the same campaign treasurer? n/t

[notadmblnd]

9. if he didn't need the money, why did he take a loan?

more than likely, he was paid off and was caught so now he has to give it back.

[TatonkaJames]

10. The same old Manta

He didn't think they had to be reported.
How can we have any faith in these tools fixing the country's problems when they know what's right from wrong and chose wrong every year until they are elected and lie about it continuously ?

[Dappleganger]

14. Florida never met a crook we couldn't elect to office.

I'll bet he got his pointers from the Dark Lord Gov. Valdemort.