It usually isn't great news for a politician when a newspaper reports that you threatened the Special Olympics, but it was just another day for Florida state Rep. Randy Fine, a bombastic Republican millionaire.
Last April, Florida Today obtained text messages showing Fine had warned a West Melbourne City Council member that state funding for a Special Olympics event in the town was now at risk because the city had invited one of Fine's political opponents—a Brevard County school board member named Jennifer Jenkins, whom Fine had previously called a "whore"—to a fundraiser. "Jenkins just put your project and special Olympics funding on the veto list," Fine texted.
