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The Blog for Sunday, September 18, 2005

Gallagher ...

    firms up support:
    If it seems all of Tampa Bay's political heavyweights are lining up behind Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, think again. The host list for Tom Gallagher's Sept. 27 fundraiser in Tampa is like a who's who of business and community leaders. Among those hosting the $500-a-person event at the Bayshore Boulevard home of McDonald's franchise executive Blake Casper:

    Former Gov. Bob Martinez; architect Carlos Alfonso; Brandon attorney Clif Curry; developer Dick Corbett; businessman John Jaeb; former Hillsborough County Commissioner Dottie Berger MacKinnon; state Rep. J.D. Alexander; John and Susan Sykes; Clearwater lawyer Ed Armstrong; Feather Sound developer Fred Bullard; developer Mike Hogan; Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce president C. Samuel Ellison; Without Walls International Church Pastor Randy White; businessman Dick Beard; and businessman J. Patrick Michaels.
    And,
    [w]ith Attorney General Charlie Crist touting his tough-on-crime background and backing from the Police Benevolent Association, Gallagher is eager to highlight his own public safety credentials.

    The campaign's public safety advisers: former Attorney General Jim Smith, the team's chairman; Bob Carver, statewide president of the Florida Professional Firefighters; George Denman, former deputy secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections; state Rep. Dick Kravitz, chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee; Ray Markey, former assistant attorney general; Jeff McAdams, president of the Gainesville Fraternal Order of Police; Nancy McGowan, victim rights advocate; and Sheriff Roy Raymond of Indian River County.
    "Gallagher taps heavyweights".

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