Money matters follow Rubio
The Sarasota Herald Tribune contrasts Marco Rubio’s fiscal policy rhetoric with his personal financial habits. It doesn’t paint a flattering picture.
• Arranging the $135,000 home credit line in 2006 from a bank controlled by political supporters who valued his home at 25 percent above the purchase price a month after the sale closed.
• Selling another home for a large profit in 2007 at a time when the market was on the way down. The sale was made to the mother of a politically influential chiropractor who was lobbying Rubio over a lucrative state insurance issue.
• Securing no-bid employment contracts in 2008 at a public hospital and state university in Miami at a time when both agencies were cutting employees and slashing millions from their budgets
• Using his Republican Party credit card to cover expenses such as car repairs, purchases at Apple’s online store and movie tickets that appear to be personal in nature.