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Ron Howard wouldn’t ‘relish the idea’ of Jeff Greene in the Senate

5:11 PM 06/25/2010
Pat McMahon

Director Ron Howard says he wouldn’t vote for his old landlord Jeff Greene if he could in the Florida Senate race.

Howard rented a luxury home in California from Greene during the ‘90s, and eventually won a $616,000 judgment against the now-billionaire candidate when the house was flooded from a leaky roof.

“If you look at the record and the outcome, he committed fraud and that’s why it was so expensive for him,” Howard said during an interview with The Washington Post. “With what I know about Jeff Greene as a tenant, I certainly wouldn’t vote for him, and I wouldn’t relish the idea of him being in the Senate.”

Greene is running for the Democratic Senate nomination against Rep. Kendrick Meek.

The profile captures the billionaire Greene in his private jet, and on the campaign trail, with quips like, “I’m not an expert on Muslims,” but the Koran contains “all kinds of this crazy stuff. And unfortunately that’s motivating a lot of these extremists.”

Tags: California, California,United States, Director, Florida Senate, Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek, Politics, Senate, The Washington Post, USD

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  • timzank

    But what does Oliver Stone think? That’s what we’re all just dying to know.

    sheesh……

  • gringott

    Can’t howard afford a toupee? Just wonderin.

  • cincinnatus

    Not to be a nitpicker, but I believe the sentence should read, “Director Ron Howard says he wouldn’t vote for his old LANDLORD Jeff Greene if he could in the Florida Senate race.”

    Greene was Howard’s landlord, not tenant.

  • redla

    I must be logged in because I posted a comment.

    And I agree johnardvark, this is a non-story.

    • Momma M

      And how can you be posting too fast on your very first post? I don’t know what’s happened to the DC comment section in the last few weeks, but it wasn’t broke… so why did they tamper with it…

      I miss the “like-dislike” feature, and receiving e-mails on follow-up posts…. What’s up DC?

      I have to agree too, this is a non-story….

  • american10

    MONEY EMPOWERS IDIOTS, FOR IDIOTS TO IDOLIZE, rich or poor!!! They are all infatuated idiots/idolizers/idolized!!!! They would crawl through dung to feel the presence, until they get close enough to see the presence, they find their hero isn’t at all what they idolized him/her as!!!! EVERYONE IS GUILTY, so everyone can relate!!! Children are especially subjected, when they are young they look up to those who are despicable, which they only recognize when they become adults and can see the big picture! Some people can never see the big picture, THAT’S THE PROBLEM!!!! Clean up America, wake up a neighbor from their trance of “Idolization” of idiots!!

  • jonavark

    yawn. Howard is a goofball. Even if Greene is a crook, which is probably true, I am just curious DC… WHY IS THIS A STORY?

    • mugwump

      A strange question you ask. My question to you is this: why is it NOT a story.

      The people of the state of Florida have a right to know about the morals of candidates before voting for them. And this story convinced me not to vote for Greene if he should win the primary. Especially the part about him being from California. (As an independent I am not allowed to vote in any primary.)

      You may not like the Ron Howard “hook” that they used as a lead-in, but is still a story worth telling.