The Political Whore

A curious piece of political literature has been hitting South Tampa homes over the past few days as a handful of County Commissioner Ken Hagan’s supporters do what is called a “lit drop” of campaign literature.

Only it is not really campaign literature, or at least, it doesn’t carry the necessary campaign disclosures that a campaign advertisement would carry. Nor is it a county government piece, as it points out that it was “Not produced at taxpayer’s expense.”

That left some Democrats e-mailing me furiously about how this was akin to the stealth campaign that Buddy Johnson ran with federal dollars in 2008, the one being probed by the Feds and the St. Pete TImes’ Jeff Testerman. And it caught the attention of at least one Democrat who has been thinking about running against the Republican Hagan in 2010.

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From TBO.com’s William March:

State Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach made it official Monday, announcing he will run for attorney general and bringing the party one step closer to a three-way Democratic primary.

State Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres announced for the office last week, and former state Sen. Rod Smith of Alachua is expected to announce soon.

“I don’t see how the inherent dangers of space flight could hurt this business.”

• I’ll take my refund in $10s and $20s, please.
• Today’s campaign update from Yahoo News — and what’s Obama doing in that photo, anyway?
• Hey Republicans, you want a piece of this?
• The real reason the U.S. is going broke.
• You’ve just found the dead body of a movie star. Who do you call? 9-1-1? His family? If you picked Mary-Kate Olsen, congrats! You must be Heath Ledger’s masseuse.
• Step right up for a chance to be one of the first people killed in a horrible space tourism accident.
• The cutting edge of offensiveness: The Three Little Pigs.
• I know what you’re thinking: Thank God golf is back!