Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
C. Thomas "Tom" Gallagher IIIis an American politician from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected state official than any other individual in Florida history. He began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1979 to 1987. He was then the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1989 to 1995, the Education Commissioner of Florida from...
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My understanding (of state law) is these are public companies and the amount of shares I owned were insignificant, and I didn't see any conflict.
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There are probably two areas that were not really fulfilled and I have to credit Laura with really making a difference in my life. One is the power and the importance of the Bible and spending time reading it ... The other really key part to my life is having a relationship with Jesus and understanding that prayer's important, the Bible's important, but that relationship is really what counts.
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Increasing our investigative force and pursuing tougher laws will strengthen our ability to put scam artists behind bars and enforce our message that we intend to put the brakes on this costly crime.
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I'm not adding a tax. It's just a fairness factor.
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Education is probably the most important thing we can do for our citizens.
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I'm urging hurricane victims to take advantage of every tax benefit available to help them rebuild their lives and homes, and improve their finances. Tax benefits available this year could help Florida families at every income level.
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I wanted to offer to the people an opportunity to vote to spend a penny on prisons. Didn't say it had to be a new penny - could have been an old penny.
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It's a natural part of the transition. Once his successor was named, it made sense that he kind of take a step back.
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It's earlier than most people would do it, but I also think it's a great way to build on a grass roots organization.
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What's happening is that you have a conservationist attitude in the public -- they want to preserve what has been achieved rather than blowing it. The public really wants to keep the status quo and they are most interested in voting for a candidate who preserves that status quo.
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We all are equally responsible for the rates, all four of us - not that that makes rates acceptable to anybody, ... But (insurance regulator) Kevin McCarty has to balance two conflicting areas, affordability and accessibility. If government mandates affordability, suddenly there will be no availability.
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There should be no drilling anywhere off our shores.
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Often declaring losses on the prior year's return can lead to a larger deduction.
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Storm victims should not have to chase after money that is theirs to begin with, and there is no reason why these funds should not be released directly to the homeowner, especially in the aftermath of a catastrophic storm.