Katherine Rundle beat the system.
You can too.

To some politicians, the rules are for the "little people".  They don't apply to them.  Incredibly, a recent ruling by the Florida Commission on Ethics actually encourages this behavior (Florida Commission on Ethics press release dated March 15, 2005 in the case of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle).

State Attorney Fernandez Rundle stood accused of accepting airline tickets for herself, her son, and her bodyguard, paid for by a foreign government, then trading in the tickets for cheaper ones and pocketing the money.  Even worse, she failed to properly report this "gift" which far exceeded Florida disclosure laws (Ethics complaint based on Public Corruptions Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Case Number PCIB 02-153 and FDLE Case Number 111820040302143712).

Now you might think his is unethical behavior by Miami-Dade's "Top Cop".  Not so, ruled the Commision on Ethics.

Why?  Because State Attorney Fernandez Rundle had yet to actually spend the money she pocketed.

By this logic, a politician could accept a million dollars and not have to report this "gift", so long as the money is not spent while he or she is in public office.

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That is just not right.

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