"A success story that's not so simple" appeared prominently on the front page of today's (10/6/05) Sarasota Herald-Tribune. It's a scathing expose of Vern Buchanan's rise to riches.
Vern Buchanan is the GOP frontrunner (at least before this article appeared) for Florida's 13th District - an open seat being vacated by Katherine Harris and her Senate bid.
Buchanan, it seems, made his first $15.4 million the GOP way - he stole it! He screwed over a lot of people in the process and there are multitudes of lawsuits to prove it.
It's a long article, but it reads like a murder mystery... with the fairy tale ending that every GOP, Bible thumping, golden boy deserves.
This is huge news in Sarasota, Vern is well known as one of Florida's biggest GOP fundraisers - he was Co-Finance chair for Jeb Bush and Finance Chair for Mel Martinez.
The second most viable GOP candidate is Tram Hudson who has been known to instigate negative news stories about his political rivals. This GOP primary will most likely be a bloody one... stay tuned...