WILL GREER GO QUIETLY? Jim Greer's exit from the Republican Party of Florida could be almost as tumultuous as his three-year tenure as state chairman.
The former Oviedo city councilman has been taking flak for a while now over lavish spending on air travel, fine food and posh resorts, even as the party's deep-pocketed donor base was being squeezed by the economic downturn.
Greer supporters maintained he was being vilified by those who don't share the views of his political benefactor, Gov. Charlie Crist, or who resented how the governor plucked him from obscurity in 2006 to lead the party.
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Orlando Sentinel - 02/08/2010