Vern Buchanan

Even a member of Congress is on Chrysler's dealership hit list. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., a businessman who has owned car dealerships since 1992, learned Thursday that his Venice, Fla., Dodge dealership was among those scheduled to be terminated. "It's an outrage. It's not about me. I'm going to be fine," said Buchanan, the dealership's majority owner. "You're talking over 100,000 jobs. We're supposed to be in the business of creating jobs, not killing jobs." Chrysler LLC disclosed that it intends to close about a quarter of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships by June 9, saying in a bankruptcy court filing that the network has ... Read Full Story

Sep 3 Filed Under Election   At a recent town hall meeting hosted by Republican House Rep. Vern Buchanan, a geriatric crowd of over 700, mostly retirees voiced their views against the proposed Obama Health Reforms citing socialism as the reason.Interestingly, the 700 or so retirees attending are not affected by sweeping health care changes since… yep, they’re on Medicare. They complained about taxes going up to pay for the plan. Oh yeah, most of the under 65s in this country already see 15% of their paychecks go to fund M GET PAID TO TAKE A SURVEY - Click Here! Sarah Palin Blog Read Full Story

A report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a very reputable and unbiased D.C.- based research outfit. CREW has named Buchanan as the only freshman to be included in its list of the 20 most corrupt U.S. congressmen....... here Vote Christine Jennings Read Full Story

The campaign to re-elect U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan says it has discovered a link between Democratic rival Christine Jennings and one of the 10 lawsuits filed against the freshman congressman in recent months. The developments stem from the most recent volley of suits filed between Buchanan and former business associates. Buchanan, R-Sarasota, filed a suit in Duval County against businessman Sam Kazran for failure to repay a $2.5 million loan. The two co-owned a Jacksonville auto dealership in the past. Kazran countered Thursday, in a lawsuit claiming fraud against Buchanan in past dealings. _krdDartInc++; document.write(’<SCRIPT type=”text/javascript” SRC=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/bradenton.news/local;c2=local;c3=local_homepage;template=article;!category=local;pos=center6a;group=rectangle;sz=300×250;tile=’+_krdDartInc+’;ord=’+_krdDartOrd+’?”><\/SCRIPT>’); Instead of responding directly to the latest ... Read Full Story

Each called on the other’s candidate to “come clean” about accusations against them, including a recent spate of lawsuits versus Buchanan and Jennings’ failure to pay campaign payroll taxes for almost three years. Jennings fired the day’s first volley, holding a news conference to emphatically deny that she or her 13th Congressional District campaign was behind the Buchanan lawsuits. Instead, she said, they are a reflection of what she called Buchanan’s long history of questionable business practices. “No one is responsible for Vern Buchanan’s record other than Vern Buchanan,” Jennings told a crowd of media in front of the federal building in downtown Sarasota. ... Read Full Story