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Follow the dark money
Documents reviewed by the Herald show that Alex Alvarado, a young Tallahassee-based Republican strategist, was behind two political committees, The Truth and Our Florida, that were set up to buy political mail advertisements that praised no-party candidates as progressives in three Senate races.
Alvarado said no one hired him to execute the effort. He said it was a “business venture.” His stepfather, Luis Rodriguez, operates Advance Impressions LLC, which printed $550,000 worth of political mail ads, according to campaign finance records.
“This is an independent expenditure effort. Per law, there was no coordination with these candidates and especially not with anyone who may or may not have recruited them,” Alvarado said in a text message to the Herald.
That means that the money was not spent in coordination with and independent of the official campaigns, per Alvarado.
Anything out of Delaware is sham.
Documents reviewed by the Herald show that Alex Alvarado, a young Tallahassee-based Republican strategist, was behind two political committees, The Truth and Our Florida, that were set up to buy political mail advertisements that praised no-party candidates as progressives in three Senate races.
Alvarado said no one hired him to execute the effort. He said it was a “business venture.” His stepfather, Luis Rodriguez, operates Advance Impressions LLC, which printed $550,000 worth of political mail ads, according to campaign finance records.
“This is an independent expenditure effort. Per law, there was no coordination with these candidates and especially not with anyone who may or may not have recruited them,” Alvarado said in a text message to the Herald.
That means that the money was not spent in coordination with and independent of the official campaigns, per Alvarado.
Trial may expose Floridaâs dark money behind spoiler candidates
Former state senator Frank Artiles will be arraigned Friday in the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami. He faces felony charges for allegedly recruiting and paying an acquaintance to run as a no-party candidate to sway the outcome of an election.
www.tampabay.com
Anything out of Delaware is sham.