http://blog.reidreport.com/2010/10/rubio-campaign-pays-family-members-kids-tuition/Among of the many, many unsung scandals surrounding Republican superstar Marco Rubio, along with Amexgate (which has prompted a still ongoing IRS probe) to the flooring he reportedly put into his kitchen at Republican Party expense to the Taj Mahal courthouse scandal in Tallahassee, was the discovery that Rubio, when he was a young, broke, rising star in the Florida House, used money from two leadership PACs — which were supposed to be raising money to elect Republicans in the state — to hook up members of his and his wife’s family. Well, it seems that now that he’s a tea party darling and the favorite in the U.S. Senate race, not much has changed…
As the Saint Pete Times reported back in March:
• Marco Rubio was barely solvent as a young lawmaker climbing his way to the top post in the Florida House, but special interest donations and political perks allowed him to spend big money with little scrutiny.
• About $600,000 in contributions was stowed in two inconspicuous political committees controlled by Rubio, now the Republican front-runner for the U.S. Senate, and his wife. A St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald analysis of the expenses found:
• Rubio failed to disclose $34,000 in expenses — including $7,000 he paid himself — for one of the committees in 2003 and 2004, as required by state law.
• One committee paid relatives nearly $14,000 for what was incorrectly described to the IRS as “courier fees” and listed a nonexistent address for one of them. Another committee paid $5,700 to his wife, who was listed as the treasurer, much of it for “gas and meals.”
Why again is this guy ahead?? Oh yeah he has CharLIE Crist helping him out . . .
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