Rick Scott Campaign Worker: I Was Paid In Gift Cards

Politics • November 2010 • Views: 996

Heh, the campaign worker says he’s “going Democrat.”

Gov.-elect Rick Scott (R-FL) is already facing his first mini-scandal just a week after he beat Democrat Alex Sink in one of the nation’s closest and nastiest gubernatorial races. A part-time campaign worker who found the job through an ad on Craigslist is upset that the campaign paid him with an American Express gift card.

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“This would violate both tax laws and labor laws,” Melanie Sloan, the Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) told TPMmuckraker in an email. “It looks like the newly elected AG will be investigating the newly elected governor.

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6 comments

Major Tom Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:04:10am

In the 2004 campaign season the Bush campaign was paying canvassers $100 ($50 for half a day- 6 hours) a day in American Express Gift cards. I was canvassing a neighborhood and ran into an old friend canvassing for Bush. He showed me the gift cards at the end of the night. All in all, in the 4 days before the election, he made $400 (tax free) canvassing neighborhoods in Palm Beach County Florida.

Major Tom Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:06:34am

I should add that many of the people being paid for canvassing were kids in high school, and younger.

Major Tom Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:11:06am

Correction: they were American Express Travelers Checks in 2004. (If that makes a difference.)

CuriousLurker Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:16:56am

re: #1 Major Tom

Maybe the campaign & tax laws have changed since 2004.

re: #2 Major Tom

The article made no mention of Givens, the campaign worker, being in high school (or younger). Even if he was, I don't know if it would matter.

Major Tom Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:26:44am

I was just sayin... I was so pissed at the time that the Kerry campaign was working us like dogs and (although we were volunteers and never expected compensation) we weren't getting paid. Then I run into this smug SOB and he's telling me he's $400 richer. Exhausted, convinced that Bush was buying his supporters, and upset about the possiblity of losing the election, that stuck with me... That campaign was filled with dirty tactics. The Bushies were holding poles with impalled cabbage patch dolls with red streamers wrapped around them (for blood) with a sign that said 'Kerry's abortion plan,' or something to that effect. I was thoroughly disgusted with their side...

CuriousLurker Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:48:30am

re: #3 Major Tom