Tampa bay times seems to disagree with http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/21/restore-our-future/did-newt-gingrich-pay-300000-ethics-fine-back-1990/
Everything that article says has been roundly refuted on this very thread. It is obviously a pro-Romney article that is just repeating old charges which lacked any merit at all, so why would you put any faith in it?
My opinion of you is unchanged. Give me a better reason to change my mind.