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Purchasing Election Power
Florida's top executives are placing their bets on who will be the next president.
“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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