Steve MacNamara Resigns; Adam Hollingsworth Named Chief of Staff

Gov. Rick Scotts chief of staff Steve MacNamara, who has been in the crosshairs of a number of media reports in the past week, resigned Saturday. See his letter of resignation in the attachment below.

Jacksonville native Adam Hollingsworth was named as his replacement. Hollingsworth, who heads the right-of-way division for Flagler Development Group, formerly served as chief of staff to Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton.

Scott released the following statement thanking MacNamara for his service.

Im grateful for Steves invaluable assistance in helping advance my agenda to strengthen education, create jobs, and lower the cost of living for Floridians.

Over the past 10 months, thanks to his expertise and guidance, we added $1 billion for education, we passed a job creation and economic development package, we passed accident fraud reform, and thanks to him we implemented many positive changes to the way the state of Florida does business.Our openness and transparency has been praised as groundbreaking.

I believe Steve has had a tremendous impact on me and Ann as well as my administration and our state. I respect his efforts and ideas.I have a great deal of confidence in his ability to assist me and my staff through the upcoming weeks as we transition to a new chief of staff. Ann and I look forward to continue building our friendship with Steve and his wife, Liberty.

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