Once Again, Florida Serves Up Campaign Crazy: Ex-KKK Leader Running For Mayor
» 47 commentsby Mark Joyella | 2:37 pm, March 24th, 2011
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 Doesn’t  it feel like forever since that witch lady ran for Senate? Well rest  easy, folks, we’ve got some classic candidate crazy thanks to our friend  in Florida. John Paul Rogers is running for mayor of  Lake Wales, and he’s pretty ticked off at his opponent’s dirty tricks.  What’d the other guy do? Well, for starters, he mentioned Rogers’ past  membership in the Ku Klux Klan. C’mon! How’s that even relevant?  “It’s a shame that in a small city like Lake Wales where most everyone  knows one another you have this kind of muckraking and character  assassination,” Rogers complained to Tampa station WTSP.
Doesn’t  it feel like forever since that witch lady ran for Senate? Well rest  easy, folks, we’ve got some classic candidate crazy thanks to our friend  in Florida. John Paul Rogers is running for mayor of  Lake Wales, and he’s pretty ticked off at his opponent’s dirty tricks.  What’d the other guy do? Well, for starters, he mentioned Rogers’ past  membership in the Ku Klux Klan. C’mon! How’s that even relevant?  “It’s a shame that in a small city like Lake Wales where most everyone  knows one another you have this kind of muckraking and character  assassination,” Rogers complained to Tampa station WTSP.I mean, geez, that’s like ancient history. Rogers says he quit the Klan years ago. Now sure, he wasn’t just a member, he was Grand Dragon. And his tenure in that leadership role’s led to some nasty charges in the Lake Wales mayor’s race:
 
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