Klenet Plans Big Democratic Fund Raiser in Parkland
Forget about Broward County. The real money for lobbyists is in Washington and Russ Klenet is slowly moving his business there.
Russ Klenet: Living the Good Life
Part of the move is raising and giving money to Democratic members of Congress.
So Klenet he’s Mr. Stacy Ritter — is putting together a brunch fund raiser for one of the biggest Democrats of all, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The majority leader is facing a very tough reelection in Nevada. A February poll by Rassmussen indicated Reid was running behind four potential Republican challengers.
Since this is Broward, Reid will be munching on “bagels, said Klenet. “We all grew up on bagels here. Our political system runs on bagels.
Klenet made a point to emphasize: “This is a Russ Klenet affair, not a Stacy Ritter affair.
County Commissioner Ritter is Klenet’s wife. The brunch will take place at their Parkland house
Klenet and Ritter were early supporters of Barack Obama when the rest of the Broward political structure was backing Hillary Clinton.
The lobbyist has opened an office in Washington and has been expanding his list of federal clients. In November he gave $5,000 to Chris Dodd’s now-aborted re-election.
Klenet is somewhat controversial, even for a Broward lobbyist. He has been under attack by bloggers for years because he lobbied for Mutual Benefits insurance before authorities of Klenet realized it was a ponzi scam.
March 1st, 2010 at 3:20 pm
And by the looks of it, diabetes will be following nice.
Nice vest Russ! Went with a medium?
March 1st, 2010 at 3:20 pm
And by the looks of it, diabetes will be following shortly.
Nice vest Russ! Went with a medium?
March 1st, 2010 at 3:32 pm
stacy and russ originally endorsed bill richardson governor of new mexico before obama.
March 1st, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Not much to hold Klenet here since Pat Salerno was kicked out of Sunrise.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:11 am
Russ must stay in Broward long enough to testify at Steve Geller’s upcoming corruption trial.
Steve introduced Russ to the mutual Benefits insurance fraud CEO Joel Steigner. Geller and Russ are all tied in Mutual Benefits ponzi scheme together.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:53 am
It’s Stacy that has to make a move in that family not Russ. Stacy needs to get back to the State so that Russ can do business locally. DC is where the NFL quality lobbyists play, and face it, Russ plays in the Pop Warner League. Stacy’s county paycheck is nothing compared to what Russ could make with his wife more strategically positioned. They need a different game plan and you will see that emerge soon.
March 4th, 2010 at 7:54 am
I can only assume Ritter made a play for a job in D.C., but the Obama people took a long look at her and her significant other and smelled something suspect. Or am I wrong?