5 Questions For Alan Grayson

June 23, 2009

5 Questions For Alan Grayson
Grayson’s Desperate Stunt Inadvertently Raises More Questions for Him

In your letter, you criticize others for raising taxes during a recession.

1. So why have you supported hundreds of billions in higher taxes since you took office? (“Obama’s Budget: Almost $1 Trillion in New Taxes Over Next 10 yrs, Starting 2011,” ABC’s Political Punch Blog, 02/26/2009)

In your letter, you criticize others for taking campaign contributions from entities with business before county government.

2. So why have you taken over $13,000 in campaign cash from industry PACs with a blatant interest in the Financial Services Committee on which you serve? (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00028418&type=I)

In your letter, you criticize others for wasting taxpayer money on “six-figure” staff salaries and newsletters.

3. Does this mean you don’t have any staffers making $100,000 or more?

4. And why did you “recently [spend] more than $38,000 in public funds to send a self-promoting mailer to 65,000 households,” according to the Orlando Sentinel? (Dave Damron, “Grayson assails Crotty, Webster; demands repeal of expressway toll increase,” Orlando Sentinel, 6/23/09)

In your letter, you criticize others for a culture of corruption.

5. With the ethical cloud hanging over your head (here, here and here), you can’t be serious – can you?