RPOF: Charlie Crist Should Give Back Strip Club Campaign Cash

Once word dropped Wednesday that Charlie Crist received $40,000 from strip clubs, the Republican Party of Florida was quick to pounce on the donation, saying Crist should return the campaign contributions.

SB Productions Inc., based out of Hollywood, Fla., sent a Crist PAC $30,000, while J.W. Lee Properties LLC out of Hallandale gave the PAC $10,000. Both companies manage strip clubs throughout the South Florida area.

Crist refunded $1,000to a Bradenton strip club and its owner, Dean Bowley, when he ran for governor in 2006.

Charlie Crist should follow his own lead and return the dirty strip club dollars his campaign has collected," said RPOF Chair Leslie Dougher. "We already know that Charlie keeps shady company -- the prison sentences for Jim Greer, Scott Rothstein, and Alan Mendelsohn can attest to that. But Charlie returned tainted money the first time he ran for governor and he should do it again. As Charlie likes to say, its the right thing to do.