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A team of journalists, issue specialists and others have been asked to pose questions to the candidates as part of each forum, including ...

Attorney General Forum -- August 8, 2006, 3:30 PM

• Mike Vasilinda – Media Executive. Statewide TV Producer & Host. Dean, Capitol Press Corps. President, Mike Vasilinda Productions

• Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti -- President, League of Women Voters of Florida

• Ben Wilcox – Executive Director, Common Cause of Florida . Former media official, Florida Public Radio  

• Richard Grosso – Executive Director & General Counsel, Florida Everglades Center (formerly, the Florida Environmental & Land Use Law Center ). Professor.

Chief Financial Officer -- August 9, 2006, 2:30 PM

• Gary Yordon -- Media Executive. TV Producer & Host. President, The Zachary Group  
• Ben Wilcox – Executive Director, Common Cause of Florida . Former media official, Florida Public Radio  
• Charles Pattison, Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Florida . Former FL Department of Community Affairs Division Director for statewide planning and growth matter
• Dean Sandy Robinson- Dean of the College of Education, University of Central Florida

Governor, Democratic Candidates -- August 15, 2006, 10:30 AM

·        Neil Skene – Tallahassee Bureau Editor & Columnist, Florida Trend magazine. Long time journalist, FL & Washington, D.C. Attorney.

·        Tom Pelham – Attorney. Land use expert. Former Secretary, FL Department of Community Affairs. Author & Professor.

·        Dominic Calabro – Long time Executive Director, Florida TaxWatch

·        Carol Smith – League of Women Voters of FL long time official and League candidate debates coordinator

·        Education official, TBA

Moderator & Host for the forums: Marcia Elder, Chair, Florida Public Interest Foundation. Public Matters Director. Consultant, trainer, speaker, writer.

For further information on panelists and their organizations:

• Richard Grosso
• Ben Wilcox, Common Cause of Florida
• Diane Wheatley-Gilotti, League of Women Voters FL
• Charles Pattison, 1000 Friends of Florida
• Dominic Calabro, Florida TaxWatch
• Marcia Elder

Appreciation is extended to the Blue Radish clearinghouse Web site for complimentary use of these pages. For more information on Public Matters, hit the Back button. To access the Home Page of the Florida Public Interest Foundation, please go to www.ForThePublic.net.