Mike Fasano
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Mike Fasano | |
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Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives | |
In office 2000–2001 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Long Island, New York, U.S. | June 11, 1958
Political party | Republican |
Mike Fasano is the Tax Collector of
Career
Fasano was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in November 1994. Within the House, he was a
Fasano was first elected to the
Fasano served as
From 2010 to 2012, Fasano served as chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations. He also served on many other committees in the Florida Senate including: Banking and Insurance; Budget; Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; and Health Regulation.
Once again in the Florida House, Fasano served as chair of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. He also served on many other committees in the Florida House including: Health & Human Services; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Higher Education & Workforce Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee; and Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
Personal life
Fasano's father, Alexander, was a meat-cutter in
In 1971, when Fasano was 13, his father was diagnosed with cancer. Hoping warm winters would ease his suffering, the family moved to Pasco County, Florida.
2008 election
On November 4, 2008, he was re-elected to the Florida Senate. This was his final term in the Florida Senate and served in the Senate until 2012.
2008 election: results by county
County | Mike Fasano (REP) | Fred Taylor(DEM) |
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Citrus | 3,393 | 1,817 |
Hernando | 23,348 | 14,261 |
Pasco | 62,924 | 31,112 |
Pinellas | 51,475 | 28,924 |
Total | 141,140 | 76,114 |
% Votes | 65.0% | 35.0% |
- Source: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections[3]
2009 legislative session
After the 2008 election, Fasano was elected by his fellow senators to serve as
2012 legislative session
During the 2012 legislative session, Fasano was removed from his chairmanship of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations for his opposition to a plan to privatize at least 27 prisons in South Florida and turn them over to for-profit companies. Passage of the plan was a major goal of Governor Rick Scott and then Senate President Mike Haridopolos.
After being removed from the committee, Fasano stated: "We're not going to give up the fight. We're certainly going to stand with our principles. We're certainly going to make our voice heard on behalf of our constituents, saying what the governor (Scott) and he (Haridopolos) want to do in privatizing 18 counties and 27 prison facilities is the wrong direction and bad for the taxpayers of Florida."
The prison privatization plan was defeated in the Florida Senate by a 19-21 vote, with Fasano voting against the plan.
Source: Sen. Fasano Stripped of Chairmanship after Speaking Against Prison Plan [1]
Source: Florida Senate defeats prison privatization bill [2]
Pasco County tax collector
On August 7, 2013, Representative Fasano was appointed to the position of Pasco County's Tax Collector by Florida Governor Rick Scott.[4]
Biden endorsement
In October 2020, he appeared in an advertisement headlined, "I Love My Party But I Love My Country More", endorsing Joe Biden for President of the United States, calling himself "a Reagan Republican" and "in 2020, I'm a Biden Republican", and proclaiming Donald Trump "a global embarrassment."[5]
References
- ^ "Representative Mike Fasano, District 45". myfloridahouse.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "FASANO TO STEP DOWN AS HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER – Orlando Sentinel".
- ^ Florida Department of State
- ^ "Mike Fasano named Pasco tax collector in ceremony, tribute recalling time in Legislature".
- ^ Facebook ad
External links
- Florida State Legislature - Representative Mike Fasano
- St. Petersburg Times, "From dropout to state senator"
- St. Petersburg Times "Fasano gets new job in Florida Senate", President Pro Tempore
- Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, 2008 results
- Project Vote Smart - Senator Mike Fasano (FL) profile
- Follow the Money - Mike Fasano