You wouldn't normally think Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene and ultra-conservative tea partiers would have a lot in common, but the billionaire Democrat is among the chorus of critics who believe Gov. Charlie Crist's land acquisition deal with U.S. Sugar Corporation is bad for Florida.
Greene had just completed an airboat tour of the Everglades Friday when he explained to Sunshine State News the "wrong way to do it, Charlie" summary of the governor's deal with U.S. Sugar.
Greene might have been in considerable agreement with the Republican Majority Campaign PAC (RMCPAC), a coalition member of the EndCharliesBailout.com organization, when the coalition hosted a massive conference call Thursday night that included 54,000-plus calls to Floridians. The goal? To energize tea partiers and to "attract, inform and mobilize citizens" to attend a protest on Wednesday at SFWMD headquarters of what they have branded Charlie Crist's bailout of U.S. Sugar Corporation.
Check back with Sunshine State News throughout the week for more coverage of the citizen protest.
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