By Roger Stone, Guest Writer
When George LeMieux left Governor Charlie Crist’s offices as chief of staff, Crist appointed him as the “pro bono” negotiator with the Seminole Indian Tribe. LeMieux’s responsibility was to negotiate a gambling compact with the Seminoles consistent with the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which allows Federally recognized Indian Tribes to conduct gaming on Tribal lands. The 1988 Act specifically limits Native American Tribes to only those games allowed by State law.
Instead, LeMieux negotiated a compact with the Seminoles, which allowed the Indians to conduct highly lucrative blackjack games. Blackjack was specifically illegal in the State of Florida at the time.
Why would George LeMieux openly and blatantly violate the law and give the Seminoles the right to conduct an illegal but lucrative gambling? The answer is simple: George LeMieux took a payoff.
You can see the exact chronology of the LeMieux pay-off here http://andrewjacksoninstitute.
When questioned about these payments from Greer LeMieux said he was paid for “party outreach”. Really? Among who? LeMieux knows nothing about minority voters. His political patron Charlie Christ did well among African American voters only because Sen. Rod Smith so badly damaged Democrat nominee Jim Davis for his opposition for justice for Pitts and Lee, two Black men wrongly accused of murder.
The Seminole Indian Tribe paid the Republican Party of Florida over $2 million concurrent with these sleazy compact negotiations. At least $150,000 of this money was funneled by disgraced Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer to a dummy company owned by LeMieux.
Crist approved and signed the illegal deal because the Seminoles lined the coffers of the Republican State Committee. In other words, Charlie Crist sold his office for campaign contributions from the Seminoles. One can only hope that this matter will be explored more fully in GOP Chairman Jim Greer’s upcoming trial for embezzlement.
The Florida Supreme Court voided the dirty deal done between Governor Crist and the Seminoles at the behest of LeMieux. The court voided the compact for two reasons; it had never been approved by the Legislature and the State had agreed to allow the Seminoles to conduct games (blackjack) not allowed by state law in violation of the 1988 Indian Gaming Act. Yet the Seminoles continued to run the illegal games , flouting both the Florida and US Governments.
How could George (Frenchy) LeMieux, supposedly an astute lawyer, agreed to give the Seminoles a sweet deal that he knew to be illegal?
Today George LeMieux is running for the US Senate. LeMieux, who once called him a “Charlie Crist Republican” is a short-statured con-man who, like his mentor Crist, believes in nothing. Quite clearly LeMieux belongs in a penitentiary rather than in the US Senate.
To learn more about George LeMieux’s corrupt dealings go to http://andrewjacksoninstitute.
10 Responses to “Did U.S. Senate Candidate George “The Little Frenchman” LeMieux Take a Bribe?”
What do you think that everyone is like you me and takes bribes for a living?
From his own bio on his own web site Roger Stone is described as:
“Legendary conservative political hit man” – TheHill.com
“A dashing, colorful artist of the underhanded” – David Brooks, New York Times
“The most dangerous person in America today…” – The Village Voice
“Those that love creativity, loves Roger’s work” – invinciblearmor.com
“The dapper don of dirty deeds” – DullardMush.com
Anyone with a computer and keyboard and a rudimentary knowledge of the English language can craft a representation of facts to read like an admission of all seven deadly sins.
So what about a headline that reads, “Is the shark-tank resorting to desperate shock tactics in hopes of gaining more views?” Followed by a lengthy true and wholy disengaged explanation of the sordid stuff web sites do to get views in hopes of generating ad revenue.
Like I said, you can always stop reading the Shark Tank. We get enough views, btw. xoxo
Are you saying, Javier, you don’t want anyone reading who disagrees with the content?
Just looking at the Stone piece and the headline, it was clearly an unsubstantiated hit piece. All Wilson did was parade the comments about Stone, that Stone obviously liked, back at him. Seems fair to me.
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LeMieux is actually a perfectly average height guy but I guess roger has a problem with that. Maybe he is just mirroring his wife’s attitude at swingers parties. I get the message roger; if I see the two of you cruising for a cock for her at Trapeze Club, I’ll stay away. In the meantime, keep the scandal stuff coming.
First, there are a bunch of idiots making comments here that have nothing to do with the story. They are shameless ad hominum attacks against the author. I know LeMieux. Unlike what a commenter said, LeMieux is a diminutive person. He’s not just short, he’s tiny so that part is true. Did he take a bribe? He absolutely did! But what’s so bad about that? Every single last politician in Tallahassee just lined their pockets with beaucoup dollars during the last legislative session. And guess what? They got away with it and they’re going to try to repeat it again next year.
George LeMieux is a stooge. You can be sure that the money he received to perform an illegal act did not stay in his pocket, it went to his boss. I remember Stone when he was advising Reagan, who may I remind you, won the cold war and likely saved us from being obliterated so be nice.
LeMieux is a mew-mew. Kick his ass Roger!
Nice comments. Kill the messenger. Are you George Lemeiux? Maybe you should go back to running GOP meetings in Broward. At least then you were top dog amongst a bunch of wimps.