Barfy Manilow
Posted on 04/13/2005 5:36:55 PM PDT by Mark Noonan
Florida State Senator Mandy Dawson (D) is under investigation for soliciting support from nine lobbyists to pay for a trip to South Africa for her and a male companion. Even more stunning than the fact that she serves on the Ethics Committee is the language she used in her solicitation letter... acknowledging that her request was improper and instructing donors to work around the rules.
"I need to raise funds to help defray the cost. As a longtime supporter of mine, I am asking if you would consider helping to sponsor my trip. I would like to request $2,500, if at all possible. Due to ethics regulations, the check should be made out to the Florida Caucus of Black State Legislators."
Obviously she knew that Florida law prohibits legislators from soliciting "gifts" from lobbyists "for the personal benefit of the Senator or any member of the Senator's immediate family." The law also bars legislators from taking gifts worth more than $100 from lobbyists, committees of continuous existence, or principals. So she simply asked them to give the money to the Black Caucus so they could effectively launder the money for her.
The trip took place in 2 months ago, and since there's an investigation pending, I won't comment on the fact that she remains a Florida Senator because of this incident....
However, upon further investigation, I found this tidbit:
"Florida Sen. Mandy Dawson has made headlines for all the wrong reasons before. In 2002 she was arrested and charged with prescription drug fraud."
(Excerpt) Read more at gopbloggers.org ...
Oh Mandy
You took all the cash I was givin
Oh Mandy, you came and you took without giving....
Oh Mandy.
OK, so what are the Conservative-friendly newspapers in the area that we can support as they call for this scofflaw's termination and prosecution?
Please ping me.
and she's still there to perpetrate this one -
no problem - she's democrat. Doncha know democrats can do no wrong? Or is that, Nothing a democrat does will be considered wrong - it will only be wrong if done by - or we can make people believe done by - a republican.
Barfy Manilow
Barely manenough.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Mandy
Hillary and most Dems want to give felons the right to
vote. It's therefore logical that they could be elected
to office. In their desire to give felons the vote they
make a strong appeal TO THEIR BASE. If a felon runs for
office, it's a natural! Melany probably received her
ethics lessons from Hillary, Al Sharpton, and Jesse.
Being a felon is a splendid thing to have on a curriculum
vitae for a Dem. politician!
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