Is Kendrick Meek the second most corrupt Democrat in Congress?
In the insider/outsider campaign being waged in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, billionaire Jeff Greene continues to paint U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek as a corrupt politician who abuses his power and is too close to special interests. Greene’s latest mailer uses the case of indicted developer Dennis Stackhouse to make his point. The mailer, which is designed to look like a manila folder, has a picture of Meek on the front cover and two phases — “Corruption-tainted Kendrick Meek,” which is part of a headline used by the Orlando Sentinel, and “CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION,” written in red to mimic a stamp mark. The inside of the folder tells Greene’s version of the Meek-Stackhouse story: • That Meek requested more than $4 million in federal earmarks for Stackhouse. • That Meek’s mother, former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, got $90,000 and a Cadillac Escalade from Stackhouse for consulting work. • And that Stackhouse loaned $13,000 to Kendrick Meek’s chief of staff. Stackhouse eventually was
