˜ Governor-Elect Crist Calls for Passage of Insurance Reform Legislation ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist yesterday sent a letter to Florida Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson, detailing his support for legislation addressing insurance rates. In addition, Governor-Elect Crist addressed a letter to Speaker-Designate Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader-Designate Harry Reid advocating for the creation of a Commission on Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance in the 110th Congress. Individual letters were addressed to Governors or Governors-Elect in every state requesting their support in a national effort to create the bipartisan commission to address preparation and response to natural disasters.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 22, 2006
˜ Governor-Elect Crist Appoints Secretaries for the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Environmental Protection ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist appointed Tom Pelham as Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs and Michael Sole as Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 21, 2006
˜ Governor-Elect Crist Appoints Assistant Chief of Staff for Citizen Services and Deputy Cabinet Aide ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today appointed Robert “Bob” Sparks as Assistant Chief of Staff for Citizen Services and Diana Sawaya-Crane as Deputy Cabinet Aide.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 20, 2006
˜ Governor-Elect Crist Appoints Butterworth to head DCF ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today appointed former Attorney General Robert “Bob” Butterworth to serve as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families.
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˜ Governor-Elect Crist Appoints Secretary of State and Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today appointed Kurt Browning to serve as Florida’s Secretary of State and Dr. Andrew Agwunobi to serve as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 14, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Lieutenant Governor-elect Jeff Kottkamp today appointed Larry Ringers to serve as his Chief of Staff.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0714 – posted on December 11, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Jeff Kottkamp today announced the release of the 2007 Florida Inaugural Website. The web address for the site is www.charliecrist.com. The site contains a detailed schedule of events as well as hotel and ticket information for Inaugural Festivities.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 6, 2006
˜ Groups to assess state agencies and report strengths and weaknesses ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today announced team leaders responsible for overseeing ten Citizen Review Groups.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 6, 2006
˜ Governor-Elect Kicks off Agency Appointments with Focus on Safety and Ethics ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today made a motion to name Gerald Bailey Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the Florida Cabinet approved the appointment. In a press conference following today’s Cabinet meeting, Governor-Elect Crist also named Melinda Miguel as Florida’s Chief Inspector General.
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Contact: Erin Isaac (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 5, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist, today announced additional members to serve in his administration.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus (850) 410-0174 – posted on December 1, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist, Senate President Ken Pruitt (R- St. Lucie), and House Speaker Marco Rubio (R-Miami) announced today that they will call a Special Session of the Florida Legislature starting January 16, 2007 to begin an effort to restructure Florida’s property insurance market and provide relief to Florida residents and businesses.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus (850) 410-0174 – posted on November 30, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today announced Christopher Kise will serve as Counsellor to the Governor in his administration. As Counsellor, Kise will serve as a senior advisor to the Governor on legal and policy matters and assist in implementation of the Governor’s agenda.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus 850-508-2654 – posted on November 22, 2006
˜ Inaugural Committee Focuses on “Celebrating the People of Florida”˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Jeff Kottkamp today announced the members of the Crist-Kottkamp Inaugural Committee. Meredith O’Rourke will serve as Executive Director of the Inaugural. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ballard and Mr. and Mrs. Brent Sembler will Co-Chair the 2007 Florida Inaugural Committee and Marty Fiorentino will serve as Finance Chairman.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus 850-508-2654 – posted on November 21, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist, today announced George LeMieux as Chief of Staff for his administration. Crist also announced the appointments of four deputy chiefs of staff, general counsel, director of Office of Policy and Budget and deputy budget director.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus 850-508-2654 – posted on November 21, 2006
˜ Groups to report on opportunities and challenges within state agencies ˜
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today announced the five additional of nine total Citizen Review Group leaders that will spearhead an agency-by-agency fact-finding mission aimed at identifying opportunities and challenges within each operation.
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Contact: Erin Isaac 850-410-0714 – posted on November 20, 2006
~ Groups to report on opportunities and challenges within state agencies ~
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today announced the first four of nine Citizen Review Group leaders that will spearhead an agency-by-agency fact-finding mission aimed at identifying opportunities and challenges within each operation.
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Contact: Erin Isaac 850-410-0714 – posted on November 16, 2006
TALLAHASSEE – Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today announced additional members of his gubernatorial transition team. A complete list of transition team leadership can be found online at www.CristTransition.com.
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Contact: Erin Isaac 850-410-0174 – posted on November 15, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Governor-Elect Charlie Crist today announced additional members of his gubernatorial transition team. A complete list of transition team leadership can be found online at www.CristTransition.com.
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Contact: Erin Isaac 850-410-0174 – posted on November 14, 2006
—Code of Ethical Conduct for Transition Team Members—
ST. PETERSBURG — Governor-elect Charlie Crist today announced details of a code of ethical conduct for his transition team. Crist released a two-page document that outlines the ethics standards that each member of his transition team will be required to follow.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus 850-508-2654 – posted on November 8, 2006
—Announces Transition Leadership—
ST. PETERSBURG — At a morning news conference Governor-elect Charlie Crist, accompanied by Lieutenant Governor-Elect Jeff Kottkamp, thanked Florida voters for their support and confidence in him and announced the initial details of the gubernatorial transition.
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Contact: Vivian Myrtetus 850-508-2654 – posted on November 8, 2006