To make your listening to these presentations as efficient as possible, CMF Public Media offers two listening options and in either option we provide links to material each speaker mentions in their presentation and a link to their organization’s web page. We’ve also provided a slide show of photographs taken during the delegation meeting.

The first option is a podcast which presents only 7 of the 30 organizations. (others will be presented at a future date). We present them serially, first one, then the next, in an order we have determined for you. This podcast lasts about 30-minutes.

Another 7 organizations are featured in Part-1of this 2-part series. A link to that podcast is below.

The second option presents 7 stand-alone or individual podcasts. You choose the subject of most interest to you without needing to listen to the others. These podcasts are less than 4-minutes in length, featuring just one organization.

Full podcast option – featuring all 7 organizations

The Seminole County Delegation:

David Simmons (R) (Chairman) Florida Senate/District 10 Web | Meeting Agenda

Jason Brodeur (R) Florida House of Representatives/District 28 Web

Mike Clelland (D) Florida House of Representatives/District 29 Web

Karen Castor Dentel (D) Florida House of Representatives/District 30 Web

Presenters & Issues (as heard in sequence on the podcast)

Issue: SR/434 Widening in Longwood		Issue: Early Learning
	Bob Cortes commissioner, City of Longwood Web Referenced document		Jennifer Grant Lessne executive director, Early Learning Coalition of Seminole County Web Referenced document

Issue: Healthy Foods		Issue: Synthetic Drugs
	Andrea Balanzategui president, Junior League of Greater Web		William Morgan project coordinator, Seminole Prevention Coalition Web Referenced document

Issue: Substance Abuse		Issue: Bullying Legislation
	Chelsea Dygan Grove Counseling Center Web		Chatari McFadden-Jones student, Millennium Middle School in Sanford Web

Issue: St. Johns River

Andrea Conover program manager, St. Johns River Alliance Web

Individual podcasts option

Issue: SR/434 Widening in Longwood		Issue: Early Learning
	Bob Cortes commissioner, City of Longwood Web Referenced document		Jennifer Grant Lessne executive director, Early Learning Coalition of Seminole County Web Referenced document
(Length - 3:33)		(Length - 3:19)

Issue: Healthy Foods		Issue: Synthetic Drugs
	Andrea Balanzategui president, Junior League of Greater Web		William Morgan project coordinator, Seminole Prevention Coalition Web Referenced document
(Length - 2:46)		(Length - 3:23)

Issue: Substance Abuse		Issue: Bullying Legislation
	Chelsea Dygan Grove Counseling Center Web		Chatari McFadden-Jones student, Millennium Middle School in Sanford Web
(Length - 3:29)		(Length - 2:17)

Issue: St. Johns River

	Andrea Conover program manager, St. Johns River Alliance Web
(Length - 2:53)

Seminole County Delegation

The Seminole County Legislative Delegation is chaired by Republican state senator David Simmons, and 3-state representatives — Republican Jason Brodeur, and Democrats Mike Clelland and Karen Castor Dentel. They each introduce themselves in this 2-minute clip.

On March 5, the annual 2-month session of the Florida Legislature will convene in Tallahassee, the state capitol, for a two month period in order to approve an annual budget and propose or amend state laws.

In order for state legislators to deliberate from an informed basis, their delegations – like Seminole’s — meet publically to hear testimony from organizations or individuals seeking to provide information to legislators about their local needs.

The 3-hour meeting was open to the public Thursday, December 20, 2012 and held in the Chambers of the Seminole County Board of County Commission, in Sanford, Florida. Each presenter was allowed 3-minutes to speak. Legislators occasionally asked questions or made comments and when they did, they remain in the podcast.

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