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The following is a Press Release
from 10/08/01.
Success
of Public Hearings Leads to an Additional
Meeting
TALLAHASSEE - Today, Chairmen of the Senate and House
Redistricting Committees announced the addition of a Gainesville Public
Redistricting Hearing.
The overwhelming attendance and member participation of previous public hearings, along with the requests of local officials in Gainesville, have prompted House and Senate Leadership to add this hearing.
We hope this hearing will further facilitate the already fair and open process that the Florida Legislature has been instrumental in creating in the 2001 Redistricting process.
This hearing will be held:
Wednesday, October 17th
6:00 PM
The Harn Museum Auditorium
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Members wishing to attend should contact The House Redistricting Committee at 850-488-3928 to confirm attendance, receive directions and receive hotel accommodation information.
We look forward to seeing you at the Gainesville Public Redistricting Hearing on Wednesday.
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A SUCCESS
TALLAHASSEE - Today, House Speaker Tom Feeney, along with two of his top House Redistricting lieutenants, Representatives Johnnie Byrd and Mario Diaz-Balart, hosted the first of 20 statewide public hearings on Florida Redistricting.
"Thirty-one members of the Florida House were in attendance of today’s first public hearing, sending the message statewide that citizen participation and input will help create the accessible and transparent Redistricting process it is our hope to achieve," said Speaker Tom Feeney.
The next hearing is scheduled for Monday, August 6th in Jacksonville, FL, and the final hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 16th in Panama City, FL. Each of the members from the Redistricting Committee have been invited to be in attendance of the twenty scheduled hearings, as well as local delegation members.
Joining Speaker Feeney for the first Redistricting Public Hearing were: Johnnie Byrd, Chairman of the Procedural Council, Mario Diaz-Balart, Vice Chairman of the Procedural Council, and Representatives Randy Ball, Dorothy Bendross-Miningal, Larry Crow, Joyce Cusack, Don Davis, Terry Fields, Mark Flanagan, Dudley Goodlette, Will Kendrick, Bev Kilmer, Jeff Kottkamp, Dick Kravitz, Bruce Kyle, Carlos Lacasa, Denise Lee, Richard Machek, Connie Mack, Matt Meadows, Jerry Maygarden, Sandy Murman, Mitch Needleman, Curtis Richardson, Stacy Ritter, Tim Ryan, Chris Smith, Eleanor Sobel, Mark Weissman, Doug Wiles, Frederica Wilson and Roger Wishner.
TALLAHASSEE - Today, House Speaker Tom Feeney, along with two of his top House Redistricting lieutenants, Represenatives Johnnie Byrd and Mario Diaz-Balart, unveiled a schedule of twenty Redistricting Public Hearings to be conducted statewide.
"Once a decade, the legislature is charged with redesigning Florida's Congressional, state House and state Senate seats in order to serve Florida's citizens in the most effective way possible. This year, our state has gained two Congressional seats, ensuring that Floridians receive their fair share of federal funding and creating more opportunities for leadership roles within the Florida delegation," said Speaker Tom Feeney.
The first scheduled hearing is Thursday, July 12th in Tallahassee, FL and the final hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 16th in Panama City, FL. Each of the members from the Redistricting Committee have been invited to be in attendance of the twenty scheduled hearings, as well as local delegation members.
"The Florida House would like to encourage the public's participation and input in this very important legislative process. In order to make redistricting as transparent to public scrutiny and input as possible we have scheduled twenty public hearings, designed a web site as an informative tool for the public, and broadcast select hearings on Florida's Public Television stations," stated Speaker Tom Feeney.
The web address of the Florida Legislative Redistricting web page is: www.floridaredistricting.org This site will be available Wednesday, May 16th at 12:00 noon, and a link will be available from the Florida Legislative website www.leg.state.fl.us.