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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Headlines for Florida

131000 unemployed Florida workers...
This is one reason we don't have any dogs to groom kids...  This is why massage therapists are being sold out for $25 massages... It's real out there!!! Not just on TV or in some other country anymore....
"For millions of out-of-work Americans hanging on by a thread, unemployment insurance is the only thing preventing a free fall into destitution and despair," NELP executive director Christine Owens said in a statement.
The Republican Party of Florida had its strongest fundraising quarter this year, pulling in $5.5 million between July and October. It's a veritable who's-who of special interests who seek business out of the state Legislature, Cabinet and governor's mansion, which are all controlled by Republicans...
This is the reason for Occupy Wall Street.... This is why....  
These are the corporations that hold the strings to your country, your state, you life....  What are you gonna do about it?

Here are the top givers to RPOF (Republican Party of Florida). Consider this a cheat sheet over which contributor is going to do most of the talking in the state Capitol:

 $375,000.00  BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA
 $250,000.00  HUIZENGA HOLDINGS,  INC
 $190,000.00  TECO ENERGY, INC.
 $171,671.81  ARDA ROC-PAC
 $160,000.00  GENTING NEW YORK, LLC
 $155,000.00  FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC
 $150,000.00  REALTORS PAC FLORIDA
 $125,000.00  FONTAINEBLEAU HILTON RESORT
 $115,000.00  DISNEY WORLDWIDE SERVICES, INC.
 $110,000.00  DOSAL TOBACCO CORPORATION
 $110,000.00  AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC
 $100,000.00  LEON KENDALL HOLDINGS, LLC
 $100,000.00  AT&T
 $100,000.00  THE GEO GROUP, INC.
 $100,000.00  PROGRESS ENERGY SERVICE CO., LLC
 $100,000.00  MCCI GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
 $90,000.00  FLORIDA CUPAC
 $65,000.00  FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
 $65,000.00  WAL-MART
 $60,000.00  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP.
 $55,350.00  MCNA DENTAL PLANS
 $55,000.00  FLORIDA JOBS PAC, CCE
 $55,000.00  WELLCARE OF FLORIDA, INC.
 $52,500.00  WEST FLAGLER ASSOCIATES, LTD.
 $50,467.10  COASTAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC
 $50,000.00  MOSAIC FERTILIZER LLC
 $50,000.00  ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. PAC
 $50,000.00  FCCI SERVICES INC.
 $50,000.00  GULFSTREAM PARK RACING ASSOCIATION
 $50,000.00  PREFERRED CARE PARTNERS, INC.
 $50,000.00  AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
 $48,141.68  FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION
 $45,000.00  REALTORS POLITICAL ISSUES
 $42,500.00  RONALD BOOK, P.A.
 $40,000.00  ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS, INC.
 $40,000.00  MARDI GRAS GAMING
 $35,000.00  TAXPAYERS AGAINST INSURANCE
 $35,000.00  CENTENE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
 $35,000.00  U.S. SUGAR CORPORATION
 $35,000.00  FLORIDA HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
 $30,000.00  COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE
 $30,000.00  VERIZON
 $30,000.00  SAVING FLORIDA'S HEARTLAND
 $30,000.00  FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
 $26,850.00  PREMIER BEVERAGE COMPANY, LLC
 $25,033.00  AKERMAN SENTERFITT
 $25,000.00  THE LEWIS BEAR COMPANY
 $25,000.00  HCA EAST FLORIDA DIV & GOOD GOV PAC
 $25,000.00  HCA JACKSONVILLE MKT GOOD GOV'T GRP PAC
 $25,000.00  ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA
 $25,000.00  HCA WEST FLORIDA DIV. & GOOD GOV PAC
 $25,000.00  HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
 $25,000.00  FRVPC
 $25,000.00  AUTONATION
 $25,000.00  ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES INC.
 $25,000.00  COMMUNICATIONS INT'L, INC.
 $25,000.00  VITAS HOSPICE SERVICES, LLC
 $25,000.00  SOUTHERN GARDENS CITRUS HOLDING CORP.
 $25,000.00  HCA NORTH FLORIDA DIV. & GOOD GOV PAC
 $25,000.00  GUNSTER LAW FIRM
 $20,000.00  UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOC.
 $20,000.00  PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB
 $20,000.00  REED ELSEVIER, INC.
 $20,000.00  ORBITZ.COM
 $20,000.00  DALE JAMES
 $20,000.00  AMERIGROUP CORPORATION
 $17,500.00  JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES, INC.
 $17,500.00  H.M.A. CORPORATE OFFICES
 $15,150.00  GMRI, INC.
 $15,000.00  PREFERRED MEDICAL PLAN
 $15,000.00  BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS, LLC
 $15,000.00  HARRIS CORPORATION
 $15,000.00  FLORIDA RESTAURANT ASSOC. PAC, INC.
 $15,000.00  BENDERSON MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
 $15,000.00  FLORIDA DENTAL PAC
 $15,000.00  LOCKHEED MARTIN
 $15,000.00  CENTURYTEL, INC.
 $15,000.00  COPART, INC.
 $15,000.00  AMERICAN EXPRESS - TRAVEL RELATED SVCS
 $15,000.00  FLORIDA MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOC. PAC
 $15,000.00  NEAL COMMUNITIES LAND DEVELOPMENT
 $14,852.19  JOHNSON & BLANTON, LLC


Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/10/gambling-insurance-and-development-groups-fuel-fl-repubs-55m-cash-haul.html#ixzz1aglwJdLO

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