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Tony_FLADEM

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Thu Nov 1, 2012, 01:22 PM Nov 2012

State Senate candidate alleges she was fired for being a Democrat

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Debbie Jordan is running as Democrat in heavily republican southwest Florida. So, she says she was ready for some rejection. But she alleges her bosses took it to a whole new level.

Since March, Hotel Indigo manager Debbie Jordan says she's made sure the bar, lounge and restaurant ran smoothly.

"You know when you're doing a good job, when your customers are happy and your staff is happy," said Jordan, of Fort Myers, a single mom to four grown children.

Until last week, when her boss said she was fired.

"We're going in a different direction," said Jordan. "And then two seconds later, it was, 'So I heard you've been seen with a bunch of democrats'," She later"Well, you're running for office, you can't be running for office. 34)

http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/176698181.html

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