State Rep. Mike Horner ends campaign after being named in racketeering, prostitution case

[Baitball Blogger]

Source: Orlando Sentinel.

State Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee, is ending his campaign for re-election after being named as a client in a racketeering and prostitution-related case.

Horner has not been charged or arrested in the case, according to a law enforcement source who is knowledgeable about the investigation. Horner was named on a client list in a case against Mark Risner, who's accused of running a brothel out of an east Orange County home.

Risner was arrested in August and formally charged earlier this month. He faces 13 charges, including five felony charges. Risner did not respond to a call seeking comment.

Horner released a statement Monday morning saying that he was ending his re-election bid.

Read more: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-24/news/os-mike-horner-prostitution-20120924_1_prostitution-case-mike-horner-felony-charges

[Angry Dragon]

1. Republican Family Values

[bemildred]

2. Wise choice. Happy trails Mike. nt

[liberal N proud]

3. 1 down, 239 to go

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. They have 240 Republican seats in the Fla. state Congress?

[liberal N proud]

16. I should have read further.

I assumed Congress and was thinking nationally.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Well, I agree with you..it IS a good start

at getting rid of the Repugs.

[goclark]

4. He is the tip of the iceburg

The mafia now owns the Rethug party.

Aren't the K Brothers tied into the mob in Vegas etc.
Though I read that here at DU

[AlbertCat]

5. Personally...

... I don't really care if you want to pay for sex (why? I mean.... it ain't a rare commodity) and "pal around" with whores...

But when you are full of "Family Values" that the rest of us are expected to follow or be critisized.... well...

buck up, hypocrite!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Read the comments section.

I think there's something more to this story that is still, yet, to be confirmed by a newspaper source.

[Judi Lynn]

21. Yep. Rep. Mike Horner, loving those Family Values.

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[JohnnyRingo]

6. With a name like "Mike Horner" what did voters expect?

The actor that goes by that name thought "long and hard" to "come" up with a name that has the perfect ring of sexual innuendo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Horner_(pornographic_actor)

[thelarge]

10. Great post, JohnnyRingo

[Mopar151]

13. That dude's a good actor, at least at farce comedy

Played "Cortez" in "The Maddams Family", a XXX spoof of "Addams Family". Ron Jeremy is "Uncle Pester".

[JohnnyRingo]

15. I love the clever innuendo of porn movies.

"On Golden Blonde" was one of my favorite titles.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. He resigned? No Vitteresque Maneuver?

Kind of wimpy move for a

"president of the Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce"

don'cha think?

[Baitball Blogger]

9. When we get all the facts in, it might be an explosive story.

[SoapBox]

12. Hilarious

"...as a client in a racketeering and prostitution-related case."

Simply hilarious...and another fine, upstanding example of the Repuke and Bagger Party.

[DollarBillHines]

14. "I deeply regret decisions I made that are causing my family unjustifiable pain and embarrassment …,

Versus, I suppose, "Justifiable pain and embarrassment"?

Mebbe that's what Rep. Horndog was into.

[Bette Noir]

17. A "Tee" and a "Hee."

[DeSwiss]

18. ....

[gopiscrap]

19. typical republican!!!