Bill Rufty

Bill RuftyFebruary 13, 2016
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Hopes that the Florida Legislature would give the city of Winter Haven enough money to buy the unused Nora Mayo Hall from the state are gone for this year. The reason is a lack of support from Gov. Rick Scott, members of the Polk County Legislative Delegation said. Although the purchase won’t happen this year […]

Bill RuftyFebruary 6, 2016
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JJ Corbett is a hero of World War II, but more importantly he’s a hero of the human spirit. He took on a mission kept so secret that only in the past decade or two has it been made public. And he was injured on that mission. But Corbett, now 92, from Bartow, was never […]

Bill RuftyJanuary 24, 2016
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The president of the Florida Federation of Republican Women said that the League of Women Voters, whose proposed congressional and state Senate redistricting maps were adopted by the courts after it and other groups sued, is liberal in its policies and its membership is largely from Democrats. Dena DeCamp of Lakeland said the Florida Federation […]

Bill RuftyJanuary 20, 2016
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The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee passed a bill Tuesday by Sen. Kelli Stargel, a Lakeland Republican, protecting creditors from being sued or fined for continued harassing debt collection calls if the person owing the debt or their attorney fails to provide certain notice at a specific location. The vote was 7 to 3 in […]

Bill RuftyJanuary 19, 2016
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A hearing late Tuesday afternoon before the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee could mark a Session-long fight over Florida’s consumer protection laws that relate to bill collectors harassing people, and to hospitals finding themselves caught in a scam and paying a high penalty for a purposefully mismailed complaint. A bill by Sen. Kelli Stargel, a […]

Bill RuftyJanuary 6, 2016
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Polk County business leaders and legislators are readying for a possible end run around the Florida Department of Transportation’s decision to postpone and perhaps even stop support for the Central Polk Parkway toll road … maybe a half-end run. Rep. John Wood, a Winter Haven Republican who has chaired the Central Polk Parkway Working Group […]

Bill RuftyDecember 23, 2015
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The holiday season is a time of giving, and Boynton Beach Republican Mark Freeman has promised to gift his campaign for Florida’s 18th Congressional District $1 million of his own money. Originally planning a run for the 22nd Congressional District, Freeman, an orthopedic surgeon, has entered a very crowded race for Congress to replace Congressman […]


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