How Rubio helped his ex-con brother-in-law acquire a real estate license

[eridani]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...mepage%2Fstory

When Marco Rubio was majority whip of the Florida House of Representatives, he used his official position to urge state regulators to grant a real estate license to his brother-in-law, a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been released from prison 20 months earlier, according to records obtained by The Washington Post.

In July 2002, Rubio sent a letter on his official statehouse stationery to the Florida Division of Real Estate, recommending Orlando Cicilia “for licensure without reservation.” The letter, obtained by The Washington Post under the Florida Public Records Act, offers a glimpse of Rubio using his growing political power to assist his troubled brother-in-law and provides new insight into how the young lawmaker intertwined his personal and political lives.

Rubio did not disclose in the letter that Cicilia was married to his sister, Barbara, or that the former cocaine dealer was living at the time in the same West Miami home as Rubio’s parents. He wrote that he had known Cicilia “for over 25 years,” without elaborating.

Rubio has avoided discussing Cicilia’s case in detail and has declined to answer questions about his relationship with his brother-in-law. Earlier this month, prior to The Post publishing an article about Cicilia’s case, Rubio declined to answer a written question about whether he had helped win the approval of his brother-in-law’s real estate license.

[HassleCat]

1. Makes sense

The appropriate job for a convicted felon is real estate agent. Who could object to that?

[UTUSN]

2. His other (ex-)bro-in-law is more respectable, Carlos PONCE, a giant star in telenovelas

and crossover with "Couples Retreat":

[Snobblevitch]

3. I'm no fan or supporter of Rubio,

but I read on DU all the time that nom-violent drug offenders should not be imprisoned and should be rehabilitated. If this guy was no longer dealing drugs, I have zero problem with him selling real estate.