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Just months before his resignation Friday, Sen. Frank Artiles scored a coup in November when he unseated Democrat Dwight Bullard with an aggressive $1 million campaign in a district that favored Democrats.
But the long list of expenditures filed with the Florida Division of Elections by Artiles political committee, Veterans for Conservative Principles, also raised some questions. Why did the committee hire a former Hooters calendar girl and a Playboy model with no political experience as consultants? Were the payments related to a trip to the Kentucky Derby or a fishing tournament in Key West? What was the more than $51,000 in reimbursements to Artiles for?
Heather Thomas, a former Hooters calendar girl and waitress at 101, a restaurant and bar in Tallahassee, was paid $2,000 between March and June of last year. The expense report lists the purpose as consultant. Her friend, Brittney Singletary, is a waitress at Stetsons on the Moon in Tallahassee. She was paid $1,500 with three checks covering three of the same dates and listing the same purpose.
Artiles political consultant David Custin refused to comment on why they listed the expenditures as consultants.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article146029094.html
At least they weren't described in the expense report as being on his staff.
Love that last sentence.
PdxSean
(574 posts)PdxSean
(574 posts)A woman can be a Hooters calendar girl or Playboy Miss Social and still be intelligent, if not brilliant. The unique skillsets for these jobs don't exclude them from having the skillsets necessary for great political consultants.
and . . .
For the cynical people who are wondering if these women were call girls - surely they were not (cough) - yes, it's possible that Artiles was mind-numbingly stupid enough to bill their "services" to his campaign.
Personally, though I think "LOL" is so overused as to be the equivalent of someone saying I "literally" jumped over the moon . . .
I am literally LOL !!!