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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Progress Florida launches SackSanson.com

December 11, 2008

Progress Florida today launched www.SackSansom.com in response to overwhelming response from an online poll asking if newly elected State House Speaker Ray Sansom (R-Destin) should be held accountable for his "cash and carry" style of "leadership."

On the same day Sansom was named the new Speaker of the House it was announced he had landed a six-figure salary job at Northwest Florida State College (formerly Okaloosa-Walton Community College). Further reporting revealed that earlier this year, in the midst of a state budget crisis, Sansom quietly steered $25 million to the college even though officials had only requested $1 million.

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