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Charlie Crist went to Disney World on a Florida GOP Credit Card... - WoodlandsOwl - 09-18-2010 03:12 AM
When the families of Charlie Crist and Jim Greer spent four days vacationing together at Disney World last year, donors to the Florida Republican party picked up the $13,400 tab.
When the son of former state GOP chairman Greer was baptized, Charlie and Carole Crist were on hand, toasting Aidan with champagne. Republican party donors paid $5,600 in photography expenses.
And when the governor headed to a U.S. Senate campaign fundraiser in New York City last year, Florida GOP donors paid for Greer's wife, Lisa, and Florida's first lady to head up to Manhattan a few days early, charging nearly $1,600 on the party's credit card.
It's all part of a stinging internal investigation into the scandal-rocked Florida GOP under the chairmanship of the now-indicted Greer.
While much of the report released Friday focuses on Crist and Greer -- enemies of the current party leadership -- it portrays the party of fiscal responsibility as having lacked basic financial controls and accountability.
Helpful to prominent Republicans on November's ballot -- including U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, Chief Financial Officer candidate Jeff Atwater, and House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon -- it also absolves free-spending Republican politicians who only reimbursed the party for personal expenses after the media started asking questions.
Crist called the accusations ``absurd.''
``Wherever I go, I pay for it personally with my wife, and the notion that the partisan Republicans would attack the independent candidate shouldn't surprise anyone,'' Crist told reporters in Miami after taping a U.S. Senate debate. ``We're about 47 days from an election. It's pretty obvious what's going on.''
The auditors found nearly $500,000 in expenses that appeared to have little to do with party business, but cited no red flags with Republicans still in office. Among other details in the report:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/17/v-fullstory/1830554/gop-audit-thousands-misspent.html#ixzz0zroTd5Ms
RE: Charlie went to Disney World - Motown Bronco - 09-18-2010 09:29 AM
(09-18-2010 03:12 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:
When the families of Charlie Crist and Jim Greer spent four days vacationing together at Disney World last year, donors to the Florida Republican party picked up the $13,400 tab.
I know Disney World can be expensive. But for two families to spend $13K+ for four days at Disney, they must've been really living it up.
RE: Charlie went to Disney World - WoodlandsOwl - 09-18-2010 09:38 AM
(09-18-2010 09:29 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:(09-18-2010 03:12 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:
When the families of Charlie Crist and Jim Greer spent four days vacationing together at Disney World last year, donors to the Florida Republican party picked up the $13,400 tab.
I know Disney World can be expensive. But for two families to spend $13K+ for four days at Disney, they must've been really living it up.
Rooms at the Disney Grand Floridian (the top of the line Hotel on property go from $410 to $2100 per night
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/grand-floridian-resort-and-spa/rates-rooms/
Yes, it does cost out the wazoo to go visit a Cartoon Rodent.
We stayed at Universal Studios (on site Hotel) for 4 days at half the cost of a Disney Trip.
RE: Charlie Crist went to Disney World on a Florida GOP Credit Card... - smn1256 - 09-20-2010 11:31 AM
The tea party will/should be all over this.
RE: Charlie went to Disney World - GrayBeard - 09-21-2010 04:45 PM
(09-18-2010 09:38 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:(09-18-2010 09:29 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:(09-18-2010 03:12 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:
When the families of Charlie Crist and Jim Greer spent four days vacationing together at Disney World last year, donors to the Florida Republican party picked up the $13,400 tab.
I know Disney World can be expensive. But for two families to spend $13K+ for four days at Disney, they must've been really living it up.
Rooms at the Disney Grand Floridian (the top of the line Hotel on property go from $410 to $2100 per night
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/grand-floridian-resort-and-spa/rates-rooms/
Yes, it does cost out the wazoo to go visit a Cartoon Rodent.
We stayed at Universal Studios (on site Hotel) for 4 days at half the cost of a Disney Trip.
The Universal parks and hotels are muy better than the rats hole.
RE: Charlie went to Disney World - WoodlandsOwl - 09-21-2010 09:55 PM
(09-21-2010 04:45 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:(09-18-2010 09:38 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:(09-18-2010 09:29 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:(09-18-2010 03:12 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:
When the families of Charlie Crist and Jim Greer spent four days vacationing together at Disney World last year, donors to the Florida Republican party picked up the $13,400 tab.
I know Disney World can be expensive. But for two families to spend $13K+ for four days at Disney, they must've been really living it up.
Rooms at the Disney Grand Floridian (the top of the line Hotel on property go from $410 to $2100 per night
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/grand-floridian-resort-and-spa/rates-rooms/
Yes, it does cost out the wazoo to go visit a Cartoon Rodent.
We stayed at Universal Studios (on site Hotel) for 4 days at half the cost of a Disney Trip.
The Universal parks and hotels are muy better than the rats hole.
No kidding.... and the Roller Coasters at Universal are better than anything at Disney world.