Poe opponents question his Grayson Fund investment

[Baitball Blogger]

Bob Poe, a candidate for Florida's 10th congressional district in Orlando, was an investor in U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's controversial hedge fund, which opponents say contradicts his pitch that he is a progressive political outsider.

Poe said he invested $100,000 in the Grayson Fund in late 2012, before pulling his money out in early 2015, after the fund under-performed his expectations.

He distanced himself from language contained in the fund's marketing materials, which said the Grayson Fund would "capitalize on markets in turmoil due to economic, political or natural disasters."

"I never saw anything like that, and that was never how it was positioned to me," Poe said. "… In a fund like this, you really don't know and don't have any input on what the fund is investing in."


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-bob-poe-alan-grayson-fund-controversy-20160703-story.html

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Florida Liberals are neo-liberals, IMHO.

Anyone who characterizes themselves as a progressive, well, I wouldn't be surprised to find them with tight alliances with good ole boy Republicans. That's just how it's done around here.

And, might I add, that those kind of compromises knock someone off any perch labeled "progressive."