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Thu May 24, 2012, 09:17 AM May 2012

Dorworth surprised to draw a Republican challenger (Dorworth=House Speaker 2014)


John Moffitt, treasurer of the Republican Party of Seminole County, announced this week that he will take on Dorworth, who is in line to become House Speaker in 2014, in the Aug. 14 primary. District 29 includes Lake Mary, Longwood, Casselberry and Altamonte Springs.

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Moffitt echoed that Wednesday, calling Dorworth's financial situation an "embarrassment."

"He's a future party leader, yet he's living in a house where he hasn't made a mortgage payment, he's involved in a business that stands to make millions on the Wekiva Parkway, and he's in a testy divorce," Moffitt said. "There are just so many questions that you have to wonder if my opponent is truly the man who should be in charge of the state of Florida's budget."

Dorworth's divorce proceedings and financial issues – he's not made mortgage payments on his $1.2 million Lake Mary home for two years – are public record. He also has worked as a consultant for attorney Jim Palmer, a Seminole County developer who owns land near the proposed Wekiva Parkway, which Dorworth supported in Tallahassee.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-23/news/os-dorworth-state-house-challenger-20120523_1_wekiva-parkway-mortgage-payments-challenger
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Dorworth surprised to draw a Republican challenger (Dorworth=House Speaker 2014) (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2012 OP
Naked greed on display. n/t BlueToTheBone May 2012 #1
What it is, is an incentive for corruption. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #2
Why the surprise? malaise May 2012 #3
I just wanted everyone to feel our pain. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #4
LOL malaise May 2012 #5
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