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« on: September 01, 2006, 12:58:47 PM »
Didn't Art and Shelly owned property in Isle of Capri and had ties to the local race tracks? Anybody know if/how those deal may tie in w/ Isle of Capri Casinos?

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The PBA Connection

By Brian E. Crowley | Thursday, August 31, 2006, 08:00 AM


A political organization with links to Charlie Crist is spending more than $1.3 million on a new ad that questions the ethics of his opponent for the Republican nomination for governor, Tom Gallagher.

The 30-second ad is being paid for by Floridians for Truth and Integrity, a group that has officers linked to the Police Benevolent Association, which has endorsed Crist, and a registered agent who has contributed to Crist?s campaign, according to filings with the Internal Revenue Service and the state Division of Elections. And two people who have made major contributions to the group, directly or indirectly, are a friend of Crist?s and the relative of a political staffer.

A source familiar with Floridians for Truth said the organization is spending $1.3 million on the ad, which began airing in Miami Tuesday and began appearing statewide on Wednesday.

The ad opens with a picture of a house and a male announcer saying, ?Home insurance costs skyrocket.? As newspaper snippets scroll by on the screen, the announcer continues, ?Voters discover Tom Gallagher is under investigation for owning insurance stocks while state commissioner. Tom Gallagher?s trading in the stocks of insurance companies while he was insurance commissioner is clearly a conflict of interest. His behavior undermines public confidence. Now the Florida Ethics Commission rules there is probable cause Tom Gallagher violated the law trading insurance stocks he regulated. With a long history of poor judgment and ethical lapses, how can we ever trust Tom Gallagher again??

Taken individually, the ad?s sentences are largely factual, but taken together, they imply something that is not true. Chief Financial Officer Gallagher did trade insurance stocks while insurance commissioner, but no one has suggested that his actions had anything to do with the increasing cost of insurance.

The ad started a week after a pro-Gallagher group began running its own ad. The Coalition to Protect the American Dream, which had about $600,000 left in its account at the end of the Aug. 11 reporting period, is airing a modified version of Gallagher?s own original ad attacking Crist for being too liberal.

Floridians for Truth and Integrity in Government had $2.1 million in campaign cash as of Aug. 11, according to the Florida elections division. Most of the money was first funneled through another organization, Floridians for a Better and Brighter Future, which transferred $1.3 million to Truth.

According to state records, TECO Energy Inc. has given Truth $100,000; Pompano Beach-based PPI Inc., a property of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., gave it $100,000; and Brent Sembler, a Pinellas Park developer and a college friend of Crist, contributed $25,000.

Brighter Future got $750,000 from Cape Coral developer Greg Eagle, whose son Dane is Crist?s travel aide. Greg Eagle did not return calls seeking comment.

Brighter Future was created by Virginia-based Christopher LaCivita, who produced the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads that attacked Democrat John Kerry during the 2004 presidential race.

Joseph R. Buchanan of Miami is listed as the registered agent for the group, and state records show he gave Crist a $500 contribution on June 2, 2005.

Crist?s campaign had little to say about the ad. Spokeswoman Erin Isaac said only, ?It looks to be factually accurate to me.?

Gallagher spokesman Alberto Martinez called the ad ?disappointing but not surprising.?


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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2006, 03:44:35 PM »
You are so off base.  No conection what so ever.  You connect too many dots...
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2006, 03:45:40 PM »
Ginger...I think you have taken another 3 hour tour to your island.
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2006, 04:43:33 PM »
well, yes Art did live on the Isle of Capri.

Brent Sembler is well known to people on this board, that much I will say.

Charlie Crist's father was on the St Pete "seed advisory committee".

What is the connection?  I don't know if there is one.  Searching "isle of capri as a corporate name, you get...


ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS, INC. F93000003062 ACT
ISLE OF CAPRI CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 700370 ACT
ISLE OF CAPRI FURNITURE, INC. P03000054029 ACT
ISLE OF CAPRI NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, INC. N94000003443 ACT
ISLE OF CAPRI PARTNERS LTD. A94000001543 INACT
ISLE OF CAPRI RESEARCH & ENGINEERING, L.L.C. L00000009618 ACT
ISLE OF CAPRI RESTAURANT, INC. 505998 INACT
ISLE OF CAPRI YACHT CHARTERS, INC.

The officers of "isle of capri casinos, Inc.  Seem to have a connection to Biloxi, Miss.  I do not recognize any of their names.

HINKLEY, TIMOTHY M
1641 POPPS FERRY RD., STE. B-1
BILOXI MS 39532  P

GOLDSTEIN, BERNARD
4001 N. OCEAN BLVD.
BOCA RATON FL  CD

SOLOMON, ALLAN B.
2200 CORP. BLVD., NW STE. 310
BOCA RATON FL  VAS

GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT
555 N NEW BALLAS ROAD #150
ST LOUIS MO 63141  D

MITCHELL, DONN
1641 POPPS FERRY RD
BILOXI MS 39532  VPT

CRYSTAL, EMANUEL
1404 ALLEN STREET
JACKSON MS 39225
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2006, 11:48:56 AM »
Art once looked at the moon.  Maybe there is some conection with the moon over Miami and the astronauts visited the moon therefore Art has ties with Aliens and Tom Cruise. :P  :P  :P
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2006, 05:43:36 PM »
are you saying 'looking at the moon' is a possible connection equal to the possible connectin of a son of a former seed advisory council member who is a politician, his buddy who's father was a seed parent, and a company named after the neighborhood of Art Barker?

Interesting.....
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2006, 06:23:27 PM »
Actually its a street not a neighborhood.  Please get some of the facts straight.  "no pun intended" :P
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2006, 08:17:53 PM »
okay, then please account for this.

ISLE OF CAPRI NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, INC. N94000003443 ACT


Suddenly, I feel time warped back to the "art Barker's PHD" thread.
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2006, 08:19:51 PM »
oops, Your right.  My apologies.

Individual Streets (Unassociated with HOA)
· Bontana Avenue
· East Las Olas Boulevard
· Isle of Capri
· Mola Avenue
· Navarro Isle
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« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2006, 04:06:40 PM »
Could you please say that again... I have not heard  that on this site.

 :D  just kiddin
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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2006, 11:02:25 PM »
Isle of Capri Neighborhood Association is actually for another neighborhood a little north of there.


Oops. Your right.  My apologies.

(again, for you.  ::bigsmilebounce:: )
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« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2006, 11:29:42 PM »
Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a notion without accepting it.
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« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2006, 09:59:54 AM »
Whether he's really a Seedling or not - Charlie Crist won the republican primary for a spot on November ballot.


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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2006, 10:05:57 AM »
I wouldn't be surprised to see the question addressed..ie:  why was your father on the Seed advisory board? Why did someone from your background  go to junior college?  Did you miss some time in high school that is unaccounted for?  Did you spend at least some of your high school time in Ft Lauderdale?  Were you in The Seed?

Those questions may come up  between now and then.
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2006, 03:57:34 PM »
Man! Excellent questions, all!
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