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Big Spender: Florida GOP Exec Racked Up 1 Million AmEx Points on Party’s Card
The records … show that executive director Delmar Johnson padded his $103,000 salary with a secret, $260,000 fundraising contract and another $42,000 for expenses — at the same time the once mighty Florida GOP was having to lay off employees amid anemic fundraising… Internal records show heavy spending [on credit cards] continued — on Johnson’s card: $100 flower arrangement for the wives of Greer and Gov. Crist; thousands of dollars in meals, $15,000 to charter a jet to George LeMieux’s swearing in as U.S. senator, and another $1,800 for in-flight catering services. The spending helped Johnson rack up more than 1 million American Express points



