Sink Evades Questions On Political Committee -- Would Bud Chiles Have Pulled Out of the Race if Sink was Honest?

Wonder what Bud Chiles is thinking of his decision he made to get out of the race for Governor? Sink is fulfilling the role of the typical liberal Democrat -- say one thing and do another. You would think liberal democrats like Sink would avoid the word 'transparent' but Sink talked about if she set up a 527, the contributions would be fully 'transparent.'

Sink evaded the question if she set up a 527 even though she signed the paperwork for the 527 two days before. When she filed paperwork with her signature, what made her think the truth would not come out? Maybe she was hoping the media would treat her like they do her friend Obama -- ignore anything damaging. This is Florida not DC.

Now Sink is saying she didn't discuss it with Bud Chiles knowing full well he opposes such committees. When he finally agreed to drop out of the race it seems he didn't have all the facts from Sink.

Would Bud Chiles have dropped out of the race and endorsed the liberal Sink if he knew about her 527? We have our doubts he would have supported her knowing she had just founded a 527 so she could take unlimited contributions.  How much are Progressive Democrats around the Country going to fund her campaign?  We believe Florida voters will object to this ploy on the part of Sink to get unlimited contributions and reject her on November 2nd.

ICYMI: Sink Evades Questions On Political Committee

“The campaign won't answer questions about Sink's statement, nor disclose details about the role the committee will play in the governor's race.”

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – In case you missed it, the Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times reported on Alex Sink’s deception of former candidate for Governor Bud Chiles and the press on starting a 527 political committee.

Sink Evades Questions On Political Committee
By John Frank, Herald/Times Staff
September 9, 2010

TALLAHASSEE -- Earlier this month, Alex Sink was asked whether she would establish a controversial political committee to raise unlimited campaign cash.

“If my campaign decides to set up a 527 [committee], then the contributions will be fully transparent,” she replied.

But her answer was less than transparent.

Two days earlier, state records show the Democratic gubernatorial candidate signed a form to solicit contributions and manage a political committee called Hold Them Accountable Inc.

Did she misspeak? Forget? Or try to evade scrutiny?

The campaign won't answer questions about Sink's statement, nor disclose details about the role the committee will play in the governor's race.

“The campaign has followed the rules,” Sink spokeswoman Kyra Jennings said Thursday.

Sink's campaign attorney, Ron Meyer of Tallahassee, established the committee Aug. 16, two days after getting the first check, a $500 donation from Sink's finance chairman Richard Swann. A longtime Sink family friend, Liana Fox of Temple Terrace, is listed as the chairwoman.

The issue became political fodder when former independent gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles endorsed Sink on Sept. 2.

Sink said she never discussed the issue with Chiles before the announcement, even though Chiles vilified the largely unregulated committees in his campaign.

Sink “tried to hide the existence of her 527 from the press and Bud Chiles,” said Joe Kildea, spokesman for her Republican rival Rick Scott.

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Sink's campaign wouldn't say whether she or her husband would put their own money into the committee.

But the 527 could be a vehicle allowing Sink to raise millions in contributions from the special interests she criticizes for influencing Tallahassee lawmaking.

“We're going to have the right resources to compete and win this election,” Jennings said.

A separate pot of campaign cash is available to Sink -- taxpayer money available through the public financing system. Her campaign is still weighing whether to accept the millions because it could become a political liability.

Sink could have received even more assistance after Scott broke the $24.9 million campaign spending limit. But Scott's campaign is asking a federal judge in Tallahassee to permanently block Sink from getting a dollar-for-dollar match on spending above the cap.

Scott is likely to prevail because a federal appellate court issued a temporary order in July to keep McCollum from getting the extra cash, saying it violated Scott's free speech rights.

Sink's campaign said it wouldn't challenge a permanent injunction against the so-called “millionaires amendment.”

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