Personal Debt Mires State Lawmaker

Is Florida Rep. Darryl Rouson about to fall off his own personal fiscal cliff?

The Tampa Bay Times raises questions about the 58-year-old St. Petersburg Democrat's personal finances in an article that examines his debt.

Rouson's financial problems include:

• Delinquent property tax payments for the last three years due on a $90,000 Tallahassee townhome;
• Repayment on a $20,000 loan from a relative, in which he used his St. Petersburg home as collateral;
• The loss of a half-million annual salary at the Morgan & Morgan law firm, where the lawmaker will be leaving his job.

The article notes that Rouson previously declared bankruptcy in 2002.

Rouson is an attorney and former president of the NAACP in St. Petersburg. He has served in the Florida House since 2008.

Read the complete Tampa Bay Times article by Susan Taylor Martin. See Money Issues Resurface for Rep. Darryl Rouson: Lawmaker Failed to Pay Taxes on Tallahassee Condo.

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