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Challenger gets $30,000 from Sharpe foe on day he qualifies

Posted Jul 28, 2010 by Mike Salinero

Updated Jul 28, 2010 at 10:54 AM

Last week, Hillsborough County commission candidate Josh Burgin boasted about raising more than $40,000 in campaign contributions after being in the District 7 race just over a month.

But more than half that amount—$21,510 – were loans from Burgin to his own campaign account. And the 34-year-old Republican admits the loans included money from a severance package Burgin received from Sam Rashid, his political mentor, former employer and ardent opponent of the incumbent Burgin is challenging.

The timing of the severance payout – coming on the day he qualified for office—and Burgin’s loan to his campaign raise questions about whether they were an effort to bypass Florida’s election laws, said Bill Newton, executive director of Florida Consumer Action Network. State law limits individual contributions to $500 for a primary and $500 for the general election.

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