Young GOPer Austin Hurst's fake "progressive" trickster committee did not have permission to use his step-father Gil Colon's house
Colon, a prominent Lakeland defense lawyer, says he did not know about the committee and tries not to publicly share his personal politics, according to his office.
I want to share a brief update on the saga of young would-be White House plumber Austin Hurst. Full background here on this rather silly story.
Gil Colon’s office informed me Tuesday that Colon did not know about his step-son Austin Hurst’s fake progressive committee — and thus did not give it permission to operate out of his house.
Colon’s office said the prominent Lakeland lawyer tries to avoid publicly sharing his political beliefs with anyone, “including his son,” the spokeswoman told me. Colon’s political giving, limited only to small handful of non-partisan judge races, bears that out in my observation.
Colon’s office very politely said it would “appreciate” if I updated my first article to reflect this information. I am happy to oblige and appreciate them getting back with me.
I’ll be updating one more time when Austin’s donors become public. Or he could just tell me now and get it all over with. Either way, I don’t plan to mention Gil Colon again. And one hopes young Austin has learned a lesson about the perils of treating public life and public service like a dumb game.
Can’t make this stuff up!