By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Assistant to Sen. Mike Fasano Legislation is currently working its way through the Florida Legislature that will limit what perpetrators of  heinous crimes can receive from their victims.  The legislation filed by Sen. Mike Fasano and Rep. Richard Steinberg is modeled after a bill that passed in New Jersey in [...]

By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Assistant to Sen. Mike Fasano State Sen. Mike Fasano has been awarded the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine’s “Morton Morris Award.”  In a letter released by Anthony Jusevitch, Executive Director of the Board,  he stated the “…award is given annually to a citizen of Florida who exemplifies the public protection of [...]

By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Assistant to Sen. Mike Fasano Below is a letter State Sen. Mike Fasano has sent to Ash Williams, Executive Director of the State Board of Administration (and copied to the Trustees of the SBA).  In the letter Sen. Fasano repeats an earlier unanswered question he previously posed to Mr. Williams.  [...]

By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Aid to Sen. Mike Fasano Sen. Mike Fasano’s SB 694,which establishes standards of care for adult day care centers, passed the Senate Health Regulation Committee on January 25th.  This is the second of three committee stops in the Senate.  It has one more committee hearing remaining before it will be [...]

By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Assistant to Sen. Mike Fasano Attached is a letter State Senator Mike Fasano has sent to Ash Williams, Executive Director of the State Board of Administration (and copied to the Trustees of SBA).  In the letter Senator Fasano follows up on the public records request he made regarding a $125 [...]

By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Aid to Sen. Mike Fasano State Sen. Mike Fasano has filed two bills that will prohibit cozy employment and investment relationships between the State Board of Administration and investment firms that do business with the State of Florida.  The State Board of Administration (SBA) is Florida’s agency which oversees investment [...]

FBI Press Release U.S. Department of Justice December 06, 2011 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—Two nurses and a doctor were sentenced yesterday in Miami federal court for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and [...]

By Greg Giordano, Chief Legislative Assistant to Sen. Mike Fasano State Sen. Mike Fasano and his staff will be ringing bells at the Gulfview Square Mall on Dec. 9 on behalf of the Salvation Army.  The office will be represented from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the north entrance of the mall (next to [...]

ConsumerAffairs.com Rob Eshman couldn’t wait to get his Nissan Leaf, the first mass-produced all-electric car.  He rushed out to put down a deposit as soon as Nissan began taking orders and waited eight months to take delivery. He was so excited he wrote about his decision to buy a Leaf in the publication he edits, [...]

State Sen. Mike Fasano has the opportunity to appoint one student to serve as a Senate Page during the upcoming 2012 meeting of the Florida Legislature.  The page will serve for one week in Tallahassee and will work throughout the Capitol Complex. “Over the years I have sponsored dozens of students to serve in Tallahassee [...]