Sen. Dan Gelber, Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General

“Floridians have not had a true champion in Tallahassee who is going to wake up every day and look out for them and only them”, Gelber said. “The place has been overrun by special interests and people who basically speak for and advocate for the wealthiest and not the everyman and every woman.”

Gelber added:

“I am running for this office because I want to give everyday Floridians the champion that they deserve in a State that has deep challenges. I hope they hear me and see me and they will find that my words are authentic, because they are.”

Gelber also discussed other issues with WONO, including his proposal to establish a public corruption unit aimed at beating back government corruption in the state; the growing cottage industry of fraud, including mortgage and healthcare fraud and the increasing scourge of gang and gang violence in Florida.

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Orange County Commissioner Fred Brummer--District 2

“…The near-term prospects are very challenging given the overall economic environment in general.  For the long-term, I sincerely believe that the Pine Hills Redevelopment Task Force and the message, Pine Hills is on the Rise, is a great message to be getting out there and I think that we have a tremendous amount of opportunity,” Brummer said.

Brummer, who is seeking re-election as Commissioner for District 2, added that he believes Orange County Commissioners understand the changes which must be undertaken to facilitate re-development of the Pine Hills area.

“Further, I believe my fellow commissioners recognize that, this type of effort being community-based, is the kind of thing where we will, as a commission, step up and make the commitments necessary to do the exceptional types of zoning and land-use changes necessary to facilitate redevelopment,” Brummer added.  “But, it is a story of a journey of a-thousand miles which begins with a single step and a huge, giant stride was, creating the Pine Hills Redevelopment Task Force.”

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Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell, District 6

Orange County Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell speaks exclusively with West Orlando News Online.

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Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell, (District 6)

“More minorities are getting opportunities, but given the tough economy, the argument is whether one goes with the more cost effective option or whether we look for diversity,” Moore Russell said. “Everyone is competing for the government’s money, and so it is making it harder for minority-owned businesses.”

Moore Russell, who is seeking re-election for a second term to the Board of Orange County Commissioners added:

“You have some companies that are low-balling, offering cheaper rates so that they can be awarded the contract. That hurts our minority-owned businesses because, many of them cannot reduce costs, in view of their small size. So, when you have a three or five-member firm competing against a 50-member firm, it makes it very difficult for the minority company.”

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Senator Dave Aronberg, (D-District 27- candidate in the race for Florida Attorney General

“Medicaid fraud will be one of my top priorities. We are going to fund it properly,” Aronberg said.  “I am going to shift things around the office to make sure that we have more attorneys and more investigators in the Medicaid Fraud Division because, we know where the Medicaid fraud is; we  just haven’t had the political will to make it a top priority.  That is going to change because, not only does the state lose when it comes to siphoning off precious aid dollars when there is fraud, but when we don’t go after the fraud, we also leave Federal dollars on the table.”

Aronberg added that the current Attorney General, Bill McCollum has a different set of priorities.

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Senator Dan Gelber

Senator Dan Gelber speaks exclusively with West Orlando News Online.

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Commissioner Mildred Fernandez speaks exclusively with West Orlando News.

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Commissioner Linda Stewart speaks exclusively with West Orlando News

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Matthew Falconer recently interviewed with the West Orlando News.

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Orlando Mayor, Buddy Dyer

Central Florida will become one of the great national and international regions around the world.  And for this to happen, Orlando’s Mayor Buddy Dyer believes a world class Downtown is needed.  Dyer made these remarks recently, in an exclusive interview with West Orlando News.

“When I first came into office in 2003, a lot of people would say that Downtown Orlando was blighted, when in fact it was one major block at Church Street and Orange Avenue,” Dyer said. “We have been able to transform that block which was the catalyst for so many other things that are happening in our Downtown. I think anyone that hasn’t been in our Downtown in say the last five years, are genuinely surprised when they come and see what a vibrant Downtown we have.”

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