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Politics as Unusual: Senate President Crosses the Line

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012 by Randy Berg

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut. Location: Florida.

Politics as Unusual: Florida Senate President Crosses the Line

by Randall C. Berg, Jr.

On February 1, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos (R- Melbourne) removed Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) from his position as chairman of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations. His transgression? Apparently an …

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