RICE WALKED AWAY FROM THE
JOB IN 2006 TO RUN FOR STATE
REP WITH BIG-BUCK BACKING
FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE LOST TO RON SAUNDERS
THIS YEAR THE PARTY IS
FINANCIALLY BACKING MORGAN
McPHERSON TO TRY TO BEAT
FELLOW REPUBLICAN MATT GARDI
IN THE PRIMARY AND SAUNDERS
IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
NOTE: Much of the information
in this commentary
was originally reported in this
newspaper in October 2006.
It is no wonder that David
Rice wants to be a county commissioner
again. Although he
served less than one term as a
commissioner between 2002
and 2006, he raked in more than
$3 million of Monroe County
taxpayer dollars during that
period, according to financial
records obtained by Key West
The Newspaper (KWTN).
In fact, according to Rice’s
financial disclosure forms,
while he was a county commissioner,
his net worth more
than doubled— from $1.24
million in 2002 to $2.58 million
in 2006!
At that time, Rice was
chief executive officer of the
Guidance Clinic of the Middle
Keys Inc. Every year that Rice
was on the Board of County
Commissioners, his clinic received more than $800,000 in
county taxpayer money.
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