Fundraising in the State Senate Races Thus Far. By Geniusofdespair

(US Sugar's address is also there, under these names that I did not include: Southern Gardens, Groves, etc). I was more interested in the totals raised by the candidates in the State Senate Races. I just looked very quickly at where the money came from. Remember, these are just the OFFICIAL campaign financials there are also PAC's and ECO's for candidates that I did NOT look at. You can see the fundraising is a hot mess for the Dems except for Andrew Korge. All are Dems unless otherwise noted.

State Senate Distric 35:
State Senator Oscar Brayon raised $33,000 as of 5/31/2016. (only one in race)

State Senate District 36:
Rene Garcia (Repug) raised $49,000 with $500 from U.S. Sugar. (only  one in race)

State Senate Distric 37:
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (Repug) raised $370,500. U.S. Sugar gave him $1,000.  He also got $4,000 from the Southern Gardens entities (Same address as U.S. Sugar). He already is a paid lobbyist for FPL so I didn't see money here.
Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez (Dem) also got the sugar money. He raised $203,400.

State Senate District 38:
State Rep. Daphne Campbell got $1,000 from FPL's parent company Next Era and $500 from U.S. Sugar. As of 5/23 she has raised $28,000.
Former State Rep. Phillip Brutus loaned his campaign account $10,000.
Jason Pizzo gave his account $200,000.
Senator Gwen Margolis, who left the race, had raised $129,000 with a $50,000 loan. There was no sugar money, but there was casino money, horse breeders etc.. Next Era also was not there.
Kevin Burns just jumped in, no money.
The other candidates in the race raised under $10,000.

State Senate District 39:
Anitere Flores  (Repug) raised a whopping $778,700. She has a lot of Big Sugar money and money from Municipal Electric PAC.
Andrew Korge raised a very respectable $330,000. (Heard he might be moving to District 40)

State Senate District 40:
State Rep. Dwight Bullard has raised $81,937. He also took $500 from U.S. Sugar and $1,000 from Next Era.
Frank Artiles, the Repug in the race raised $341,663. There was U.S. Sugar money and a host of developers.
Ana Rivas Logan just jumped in, no money.

Let's face it, it appears they all are taking money from Big Sugar but I didn't see it on Andrew Korge's Financial Disclosure.

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The Donald Trump Picture of the Day. By Geniusofdespair

Actual Donald Trump suit - no Photoshop here.

You might think it odd that all those drug lords and rapists from Mexico hovering around our border are making Donald Trump Signature Collection suits.

My questions are: How do they find the time? And,  does Donald Trump really support and value American Manufacturing and putting our labor pool to work? A Donald Trump men's suit collection "made in Mexico" says otherwise.

Retail center sold for 131% gain

The Sabina Shopping Center in southwest Miami-Dade County sold for $12.5 million, a 131 percent gain from its last trade four years ago.

Carlos Segrera, director of acquisitions and finance at North Miami-based IMC Equity Group, said his company sold the 51,000-square-foot retail center at 4001 S.W. 152nd Ave. to Venetto Group. The deal was financed by an $8.13 million loan from Banesco USA. The selling broker was Kirk Olson with Marcus & Millichap.

IMC Equity Group affiliate Sabina 40 St LLC acquired…