Florida politics

I thought politicians in Oregon were ethically challenged.  Then we came to Florida and I began to learn about candidates for political offices here.  This place is a Ripley's "Believe It or Not" quagmire of slime and dreck. 

Carl Hiaasen doesn't have to make up sleazy politicians for his novels.  They're found in newspapers here every morning.  The stories of corruption and bizarre behavior make for reading that is every bit as bewildering and entertaining as a Hiaasen novel.

Read this about the front-running Republican gubernatorial candidate. http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1114933.ece

Or this about the front-running Democratic candidate for the Senate.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article1114952.ece

And the thing is, the opponents in each of these races is not much better!