NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
For Immediate Release: April 11th, 2011
Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411
For Republican Senate Field, Another Day Brings Another Ethics Complaint
Adam Hasner Hit with Ethics Complaint Over Financial Disclosure Forms, Joins LeMieux and Haridopolos With Ethical Baggage
If this sounds familiar, it’s because there’s a trend here: this weekend yet another Republican running for the United States Senate was hit with an ethics complaint. This time former House Majority Leader Adam Hasner is coming under fire for “not filing a required personal financial disclosure form within 60 days of his November departure from office.”
Hasner is likely to run in the Republican Senate primary against former Senator George LeMieux and State Senator Mike Haridopolos who also have their own ethical baggage, leaving Florida Republicans with a slew of flawed, corrupt candidates to choose from next year.
“What’s with this field of Senate Republican candidates? It’s almost like they are going out of their way to lock down the ‘corruption’ vote in next year’s Republican primary,” said Eric Jotkoff, spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party. “Adam Hasner, George LeMieux, and Mike Haridopolos represent all that’s wrong with Republican corruption across Florida. The ethical baggage each of them brings to this race shows that Floridians simply can’t trust them in any capacity, let alone in the United States Senate.”
BACKGROUND:
This weekend it was reported that Adam Hasner was hit with an ethics complaint. According to the Palm Beach Post, an ethics complaint was filed “against former state House Majority Leader and likely GOP U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner of Boca Raton, for not filing a required personal financial disclosure form within 60 days of his November departure from office.” [Palm Beach Post, 4/10/11]
George LeMieux was hit with a bar complaint for representing conflicting clients. A Bar complaint was filed against LeMieux, saying LeMieux, as a private attorney with Gunster Yoakley, represented conflicting clients –the state and Florida East Coast, which owns the rail corridor that the state wants for passenger rail. [The Buzz, St. Petersburg Times, 1/16/10]
Mike Haridopolos has been plagued by troubles with his financial disclosure forms. Haridopolos was admonished for “failing to disclose income and assets.” [Miami Herald, 3/23/11]
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