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Commissioner Fined For Using Campaign Money For Fancy Clothes
Posted May 24, 2007 by Vidisha Priyanka
Updated May 24, 2007 at 03:21 PM


By Mike Salinero
The Tampa Tribune

Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White has agreed to pay a fine of $9,500 for filing false election finance reports regarding his use of campaign money to buy tailor-made suits and ties.

Lawyers with the state Elections Commission approved a settlement with White that dropped charges he used $1,915 in campaign money to buy a personal computer. The settlement must still be approved by the commission at its Aug. 16-17 meetings.

The former Tampa city councilman and city police officer faced up to $38,000 in fines for the election violations relating to his run for the County Commission in 2006.

White said today he thought at the time he spent $6,100 in campaign money on clothing that the purchases were legitimate campaign expenditures because of all the personal appearances he had to make. He said he now realizes that buying the tailor-made suits “rubbed people the wrong way.”

“I made a mistake, I recognize the mistake, I replaced the money for the mistake and I’m paying the fine,” he said. “I apologized. I’m not going to do it anymore.”

The commission launched an investigation of White’s campaign spending after receiving a complaint from Tampa resident Lawrence R. Schuler.

The commission found that White had violated 14 counts of state elections law, including making false statements about campaign expenditures and using campaign cash to defray personal living expenses. The violations were a civil, not criminal offense.

Most of the charges stemmed from checks totaling $6,100 that White wrote from his campaign to pay for clothing from Belmont Clothier menswear. In a July 2005 campaign report, White said the checks were paid to Robbins Consulting, not the clothier.

White compounded this false statement by certifying to its correctness in later campaign finance reports.

A commission report said that Robert Robins, spelled with one “b” owns Belmont Clothier at 2903 E. Hillsborough Ave. Robins told a commission investigator that there is no Robins Consulting, but that considered himself to be White’s “wardrobe consultant.”

Reporter Mike Salinero can be reached at (813) 259-8303 or msalinero@tampatrib.com.




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How is today's America like Nazi Germany??

Thursday, May 24, 2007
How is Today's America like Nazi Germany?
Here's a quick, to-the-point set of leads for you, if you have any doubts as to the seriousness of today's problem:

And here I'd like to express thanks to Mark Frankenberg from American Wisdom, Ybor Stogie who seems to get it sometimes, too and to the awesome Brits who continually point out to the sleepy Americans what they can see so clearly through the fog from the other side of the pond.
The Canadians see it TOO.
It's NOT a party thing: It's NOT a republican/democratic thing. It's an American thing.

Us against him. We really NEED to impeach him. He should be in prison.

Please stop pretending. Why is ALL OF THIS happening during his pResidency? It's very clear if you just enable the mind.

http://www.uksociety.org/us_germany_parallels_1.htm"

lack of real political opposition (weak Weimar government--weak Democratic Party)
consolidation of massive amounts of power without a clear mandate from the people (1932 election - 2000 election)
usurpation of leftist terminology to further a RW agenda (national socialism - compassionate conservatism)
the use of propaganda (Goebbels - Rove, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, FoxNews, CNN)
hatred of the French
an appeasing British Prime Minister (Chamberlain - Blair)
contempt for the international community (Hitler ignores the Treaty of Versailles - Bush ignores the ABM treaty and U.N. treaties on global warming, the international criminal court, landmines, chemical and biological weapons)
hatred directed at leftists and other groups in opposition to the government (communists - war protesters)
hatred directed at minority groups (Jews - Arabs)
weapons of mass destruction cited as a reason to invade other countries (Hitler claims that Poland could use poison gas against Germany - Bush claims Saddam Hussein could use poison gas against the U.S.)
a terrorist attack on the country as the final catalyst for fascism (Reichstag fire - 9/11 attacks)
the merging of big business with government (Krupps - Halliburton)
extreme nationalism (Nazi flags everywhere - American flags everywhere)
a culture that emphasizes the physical over the intellectual (Aryan *supermen* - American redneckism)
leader worship (Hitler as Der Fuhrer - Bush as God's child)
the creation of an internal security department (Gestapo - Department of Homeland Security)
massive build-up of military and police forces (paramilitary SS dressed in black - paramilitary cops dressed in black) heads shaved, BLACKWATER
the use of *lightning* warfare (blitzkrieg - shock and awe)
easy military victories setting the stage for other conquests (Sudentenland - Poland and France, Iraq - Syria and Iran)
eventual disastrous conflict with the Russians (WWII - Armageddon?)

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http://www.uksociety.org/us_germany_parallels_1.htm


-- Mark Frankenberg

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URGENT!!! CALL YOUR REP RIGHT NOW!!!

Tell Congress to oppose Iraq Funding Bill

Saboteurs have an Upper Hand in Endless War (from Iraq)

Supplemental funding plan is a blank check for Bush

Dear FCAN Activist,

President Bush refuses to acknowledge that his policy in Iraq has failed, so the only way to end the war before he leaves office - in January 2009 - is if Congress forces his hand. Sadly, the funding bill revealed for a vote as early as TONIGHT lacks any meaningful benchmarks or deadlines that would pave the way toward the end of the war.

Please contact your Representative, Senator Nelson and Senator Martinez today to urge them to oppose this blank check for endless war. You can reach their offices through the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said yesterday, "I'm not likely to vote for something that doesn't have a timetable or a goal," a position that reflects America's priorities and a commitment to end the war. A vote for the bill is a vote of endorsement for the president's policy of endless war.

Members of Congress who understand that the president's policy has failed and that it's time to bring the troops home should vote NO on the blank-check Iraq supplemental.

P.S. - MoveOn.org Political Action, our allies in Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, has set up a way to tell Congress to "show backbone" on Iraq by opposing this bill. Click below for more information.

http://pol.moveon.org/spine/instructions.html
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Today is THE day

Subject:
Bush is NOT Over! (YET!)

From Debra Sweet:

Dear World Can't Wait Supporter,
Continuing our discussion of what damage the Bush regime could do in the next 19 months, check these events from only this week. How much more clearly can it be shown that the Bush regime is setting the terms of political discourse, than the utter collapse of any plan to end the Iraq war from the Democratic leadership?

Hello to Madison WI readers. Over 200, including from inside and outside the Democratic Party, gathered Monday night to plan the spread of the demand for impeachment across the state this summer. It was really good to meet many of you with the Wisconsin Impeachment/Bring the Troops Home Now Coalition.

Saturday, I’ll be speaking at a West Point protest rally while Dick Cheney gives the commencement address to the cadets. We know that even at West Point there is unrest over the war ... reports that a part of the Air Force is being retrained to be soldiers indicate how badly the Army and Marines are stretched.

Every conversation I’ve had recently has only reinforced the urgency and clarity of our Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime: “create a political situation where the Bush regime's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society is reversed. We, in our millions, must and can take responsibility to change the course of history.” Get the Call out to everyone you know, and talk amongst yourselves…
From worldcantwait.org:

What Bush has done JUST THIS WEEK

Bush Approves Covert Operations to Overthrow Iranian Government : According to an investigative report from ABC News, Bush has given approval to a CIA program for a covert operation to overthrow the Iranian government. Bush's approval for the secret operations has gone in private and without any oversight from Congress.
Bush will get $100 billion to continue the slaughter of the Iraqi people. No strings attached, except for a few so-called "benchmarks", which Bush has agreed to.
The justifications given for the Democrats' betrayal, of, well, probably everyone that voted them in to Congress, are the typical refrain that "we have to support our troops", and "we had to pass something Bush would approve". The fact is, the troops are in Iraq killing and being killed in an unjust war, and this justification can only come down to saying "we want to fund a military that's committing war crimes:.
This latest betrayal by the Democrats, when a crucial moment is before the future of the Middle East and the world, once again goes to show that if this war is going to be stopped, the millions of people who hate the war will have to stop taking dictates from what the Democratic Party deems acceptable, and start acting outside of these dictates and end the war ... read more.
Sincerely, Debra SweetDirector, The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime

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Captures the True Essence

A GLIMPSE from the Bush family photo album ..........

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LaS VEgas here in Tampa : Ta-Vegas or Tam-Gas.
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the process of attempting to steal our home.
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