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Florida State Senate president Jeff Atwater won the 2010 Cabinet position of Chief Financial Officer over Democrat Loranne Ausley. He hails from North Palm Beach and will be replacing Democrat Alex Sink, who ran for governor.
Florida State Senate president Jeff Atwater won the 2010 Cabinet position of Chief Financial Officer over Democrat Loranne Ausley. He hails from North Palm Beach and will be replacing Democrat Alex Sink, who ran for governor.
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Fraudsters prey on the elderly – that is where the money is
Financial scams targeting the elderly is an issue that hits close to home, says Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. His 88-year-old mother, who lives in Palm Beach County, is deluged with all sorts of shady solicitations. "I am stunned at the...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Politics, Palm Beach County, Social Security, Delray Beach
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State to sell off some of its $1 billion in unclaimed property
TALLAHASSEE — In a small room in a downtown Tallahassee office building sit mounds of treasure — some of it worth thousands of dollars and some nothing more than its place in someone's memories. There are diamond necklaces and brooches....
Tags: Mutual Funds, Insurance, Auction Service, Personal Finance, Finance
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: Insurance, Pam Bondi, Political Fundraising, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Photos, Video: Florida Cabinet, on the road again
Orlando SentinelGovernor Rick Scott and his cabinet made one of their semi-regular road trips out of Tallahassee for a cabinet meeting, this time to Orlando's Lake Nona, at the Nemours Children's Hospital, Wednesday. Scott was joined by Attorney General Pam Bondi, CFO...Tags: John Hitt, Pam Bondi, Lake Nona, Orlando, Executive Branch
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CFO launches S.A.F.E. for seniors
May marks Older Americans Month and to fight fraud against seniors, Jeff Atwater, Florida's chief financial officer, is unveiling Operation S.A.F.E. (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation), a website and series of workshops across the state. Statistics...Tags: Delray Beach
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Senate Insurance chairman floats special session on PIP
The head of the Florida Senate's Banking and Insurance Committee will recommend legislative leaders call a special session to repeal no-fault auto insurance if judges reject reforms the state made to the system a year ago. "I think that PIP is...Tags: Insurance, Labor Legislation, Florida Legislature, Politics, Acupuncture
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Florida Democrats are short on statewide candidates
Florida's largest political party has a problem. Although registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Florida by 500,000, and President Barack Obama has carried the Sunshine State in the past two presidential elections, the party has no obvious...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Government, Elections, Justice System
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With more Digital Domain fallout, both chambers intent on scaling back incentive dollars
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – A new internal investigation has turned up evidence that former Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders were personally involved in pushing a $20 million economic-development project that went bust. The Port St. Lucie-based Digital... -
Scott to lawmakers on past two years: “It’s working”
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelGov. Rick Scott went before the Florida Legislature and offered a huge dose of sellf-congratulation as well as praise for lawmakers. “Two years ago, we met together facing crippling debt, record-high unemployment and a downward spiral of job losses,... -
New website to help Florida's military win financial battles
Sun SentinelThe state is launching a new website to help Florida's 58,000 military troops win the battle against debt and fraud, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced. Financial Frontlines will provide information and resources for military members...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Armed Forces
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Pols unite to help environment, honor Thom Rumberger
Taking Names the Blog - Orlando SentinelNext week, politicians from around the state — and from both sides of the aisle — are uniting in Orlando to both help the environment … and honor one of the state's legal and political patriarchs. The cause is the establishment of the E.... -
Politicians wake up on environmental issues
Last week — when most Florida politicos were still buzzing about the guilty plea of former GOP party boss Jim Greer — some of the state's biggest names were throwing a party. It took place on the 14th floor of a stately law firm in...
Tags: Politics, Energy Resources, Environmental Pollution, Bill McCollum, Environmental Issues
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