Wednesday, July 28 2010
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald | PolitiFact-Florida
Congressman Kendrick Meek relishes a good cigar -- Padrons are his favorite, he told Cigar Aficionado magazine in a 2008 profile. He hosts an annual cigar party and is known to
hand out
cigars to members of Congress and their staff, and the cigar industry has helped fund his recent campaigns, the magazine reported.
Padron Cigars, a longtime family business, is headquartered in Little
Havana in Miami.
Meek's U.S. Senate Democratic primary opponent, Jeff Greene, attacks Meek for his ties to the tobacco industry in a campaign flier accusing Meek of standing with special interests.
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