he 'd also bought off his old kkk rival , hopper hewitt , editor of the tampa examiner , who 'd begun running editorials and hard news stories that questioned the logic of allowing so many people to starve when a first-class casino on florida 's gulf coast could put them all to work , which would give them the money to buy up all those foreclosed houses , which would need lawyers to come off the breadlines to do the closings proper , who would need clerical staff to make sure it was written up nice .