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Purchasing Election Power
Florida's top executives are placing their bets on who will be the next president.
Amy Keller | 11/1/2007
“I believe that Sen. Obama represents the turning of the page from mistrust and divisiveness to caring about each other.” — Adrienne Arsht, TotalBank, Miami [Illustration: Robert Zammarchi] |
Senior Executive | Company and |
Business | Donations |
| Antonio Argiz | Morrison Brown Argiz and Farra Coral Gables |
Independent accounting firm | $1,000 |
| Joe Arriola | Inktel Direct Miami |
Direct marketing | $4,600 |
Adrienne Arsht |
TotalBank Miami |
Community Banking | $4,600 |
| Simone Barefield | Gans Gans & Assoc. Plant City |
Human resources consulting/exec search | $1,000 |
| Jose Cancio | Central Concrete Supermix Inc. Key Biscayne |
Concrete products | $2,300 |
| Joseph Capitano | Radiant Oil Company of Tampa Tampa |
Convenience stores and gas | $1,000 |
| Carlos Cueto | Interpress Communications Coral Gables |
Translations and copywriting | $2,000 |
| Hector Dasso | Real Estate Development Group Miami |
Developer | $500 |
| Chris Diamantis | Millennium Settlements Tallahassee |
Annuity settlements | $4,500 |
| Jack Glottmann | Saglo Development Corp. Miami Beach |
Commercial real estate developer | $1,000 |
| Lorna Gregory | Premier Eye Care Tampa |
Healthcare | $2,300 |
| Suresh Gupta | Park Square Enterprises Orlando |
Home builder/developer | $1,000 |
| Henry Howard | US Education Finance Group Miami |
Student loan company | $2,300 |
| Charles Intriago | Alert Global Media Coconut Grove |
Publisher of the Money Laundering Alert | $2,300 |
| Francis Issa | ISSA homes Celebration |
Residential home builder | $4,600 |
| Donald Jernigan | Adventist Health System Longwood |
Healthcare | $1,000 |
| Joseph Landers | Unicorn Financial Tallahassee |
National patient finance company | $4,600 |
| Bennett LeBow | Vector Group Ltd. Miami Beach |
Tobacco products | $2,300 |
| Howard Lorber | Vector Group Ltd. Miami |
Tobacco products | $2,300 |
| Emilio Martinez | Caribe Homes (Founder) Miami |
Residential home builder | $1,000 |
| Kenneth Morin | Morin Development Group Tampa |
Developer | $2,300 |
| Sidney Morgan | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida |
Healthcare | $2,300 |
| Frank Morsani | Automotive Investments (retired) Lutz |
Automobile dealerships | $2,300 |
| Thomas Murphy | Coastal Construction Miami |
Commercial and residential construction | $2,300 |
| Claudio Osorio | CHS Electronics Miami Beach |
International microcomputer product distributor | $2,300 |
| Anthony Paquin | Paquin Group Celebration |
Healthcare retail consultants | $2,100 |
| Timothy Payne | MPS Group Inc. Ponte Vedra Beach |
Specialty staffing, consulting and business services | $4,600 |
| Benjamin Philips III | ORACAL USA Jacksonville |
Premium pressure-sensitive graphics/printing | $4,600 |
| Bob Poe | Emergency Communications Network Sanford |
High-speed emergency communications services | $1,000 |
| Richard Powell | Access Health Solutions Parkland |
Medicaid managed care entity | $4,600 |
| Frank Rodriguez | Corporate Creations International Palm Beach Gardens |
Registered agent services | $1,000 |
| Francisco Sanchez | Renaissance Steel Tampa |
Structural light-gauge steel | $2,300 |
Gary Sasso |
Carlton Fields, P.A. Tampa |
Law firm | $1,000 |
| Richard Schatz | Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson P.A. Miami |
Law firm | $1,00 |
| Jeffrey Seaman | Rooms To Go Seffner |
Retail furniture | $4,600 |
Rosa Sugranes |
Iberia Tiles Corp. Key Biscayne |
Ceramic tile, marble, stone distributor | $2,000 |
| Paula White | Without Walls International Church Tampa |
Christian ministries | $2,300 |
| Jorge Woldenberg | COLPAC Steele Products Bal Harbour |
Pipe and steel distributor | $1,000 |
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