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  • 'Cute' e-mail lands state Rep. in hot water

    04/13/2007 1:45:27 PM PDT · by Cagey · 86 replies · 2,190+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | 4-13-2007 | STEVE BOUSQUET and ALEX LEARY
    TALLAHASSEE -- State Rep. Don Brown thought he was being "cute." His fellow Republicans in the Florida House had another word for it: racist. Brown, a DeFuniak Springs Republican, apologized Thursday for sending an e-mail to his colleagues that noted the April 17 federal income tax deadline. "Don't forget to pay your taxes -- 12-million illegal aliens are depending on you!" Brown wrote in a message to his colleagues on a state-issued email account. What Brown meant as a joke wasn't interpreted that way. The strongest criticism came from his fellow Republicans -- Hispanics with large immigrant constituencies in South...