On the reef, then the ropes

Politico's Ben Smith indicates South Carolina needs to beef up its subsidies for crazy to stay competitive in the southeastern market:

Oddly, in Florida

Florida is really cornering a market once controlled by South Carolina.

Today's headline: 

Belize: Jeff Greene's yacht tore up coral reef, left unpaid fines up to $1.87 million

And the campaign's response:

And, oddly, Greene today says the incident never happened, despite extensive publicity about it at the time (including statements from his representatives), eyewitness accounts, scientific surveys of the damage and an extensive case file at the country's Department of Environment.

"Jeff Greene doesn't take a penny of special interest money, so career politicians are attacking him with ridiculous stories about something that didn't even happen five years ago on a boat he wasn't even on,'' said campaign spokesman Luis Vizcaino.

Asked how he could say it never happened when Greene's own employees at the time acknowledged a problem on the reef with Summerwind, Vizcaino declined further comment: "That's our position. That's our quote."