Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Florida: Sansom Resigns As House Speaker Amid Scandal

And now, for something not completely different - Republican scandal.

From the Florida Villages Daily Sun (click on the link to read more)...

Ray Sansom will not be Florida’s next Speaker of the House.

House Republicans Monday night unanimously voted to accept the resignation of their embattled leader, and voted to replace him with Ocala Republican Larry Cretul. Sansom will maintain his House seat, but is no longer the Republican’s designated leader, or next in line to become Speaker of the House.
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However, with Sansom facing mounting legal pressure, including a grand jury investigation related to his accepting a $110,000 a year job at a Panhandle community college where he funneled $35 million, he decided instead to tenure his resignation as Speaker.

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