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  • $48,000 trip? GOP picks up tab(RINO scum alert)

    11/11/2005 9:25:52 AM PST · by eartotheground · 1 replies · 555+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | Published October 14, 2005 | STEVE BOUSQUET and LUCY MORGAN
    TALLAHASSEE - The Republican Party of Florida will pay a gambling company $48,000 in hopes of sparing four lawmakers a possible ethics problem after they took a two-day trip to Toronto at the company's expense. The GOP said it will pay $48,000 to Magna Entertainment Corp., which chartered a jet from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport on July 12 and whisked the four lawmakers to its company headquarters in Canada. Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon, who urged the party to act, promised an inquiry by Senate lawyers. Two Pinellas lawmakers were on the trip: Sen. Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, and Rep. Frank...