Fighting for Florida: Senator Dave Aronberg, YOUR Voice in Tallahassee!

by: CChung

Sun Aug 16, 2009 at 15:42:27 PM EDT

 I was born and raised in Florida my entire life, and although I'm still in High School, I keep up with the news and politics as much as, or perhaps more than, your average college-educated adult.

The political machine in Tallahassee never ceases to amaze me. From attempting to privatize Alligator Alley, to rewarding private contractors with automatic pay raises, many Floridians have given up on the idea of public servants actually standing up for their rights and being the voice of the ever increasingly “voiceless” consumer.

Dave has been called “the strongest consumer advocate in Tallahassee” (Sun-Sentinel), and boy does he have the record to prove it! After graduating from Harvard University and then Harvard Law, Aronberg wasted no time getting right to work.

As an attorney, Aronberg worked closely with future Senator Bill Nelson to investigate and prosecute European insurance companies that refused to honor World War II-era policies sold to victims of the Holocaust. Dave was so successful defending victims of special interests money games, he became Assistant Attorney General for Economic Crimes, where he prosecuted cases such as the famous fake Shaman “Miss Cleo”.

In 2000, Dave was selected to be one of 15 White House Fellows from across the country. Perhaps the most prestigious fellowships in the Country, Dave served in two Presidential Administrations as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury Department for international money laundering.

Then onto the Florida Senate to serve his fellow Floridians it was for Dave! It was here perhaps Aronberg realized his true calling- standing up for the everyday consumer and defending the interests of the state he loves so much.The Senate’s youngest member, Aronberg wrote major consumer protection legislation, sat on the state’s Medicaid task force to enact major reforms to combat rampant fraud and abuse, and served as chair of the state’s Joint Legislative Committee on Everglades Oversight, leading the Senate’s efforts to secure federal funding for Everglades restoration.

Dave’s Sex Predator Legislation

Perhaps the most obvious indicator of his commitment, Senator Aronberg has returned more than four million dollars to Floridians who have called with consumer complaints!

Dave has served the consumer in the Senate for 6 years- now let’s continue in the Attorney General’s Office!