No Casinos Trots Out Big Names Like Jeb Bush, Bob Graham and Bill Nelson

Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 13, 2014 - 1:13pm

No Casinos trotted out some of the biggest names in Florida politics on Thursday as it continued to fight against expanded casino gambling in the Sunshine State. The No Casinos Statesmens Council includes three governors in Democrats Bob Graham and Wayne Mixon and Republican Jeb Bush, and two U.S. senators in Graham and current U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

Also on board are former Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and three Republicans currently serving in the Florida Cabinet: Attorney General Pam Bondi, Floridas CFO Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Other members include former state CFO Tom Gallagher and three former speakers of the Florida House in Democrat James Harold Thompson, Larry Cretul and Dean Cannon.

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