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MARCH 16, 2007

The Power of Ideas

Check out the www.CIVICconcern.org, the new site for a think tank providing promoting "innovative, centrist ideas and accessible political information." The organization is structured as a non-partisan non-profit, but appears to lean moderate-Democrat.

"Too many people have been shut out of the process in Florida for too long,” said Bernie Campbell, CIVIC spokesperson who is also a prominent Democratic consultant. “One-sided government always leaves somebody on the
outside looking in. In Florida, that somebody has been Florida’s families, workers and children.”

CIVIC will serve as a center for the development and implementation of practical solutions to the most critical issues facing Florida. It will provide Floridians with a partner in Tallahassee, one that ensures greater government accountability and greater responsiveness to their needs and concerns.
Campbell continued, “Tallahassee needs balance. For the last eight years, centrist solutions to long-standing state problems have not been welcome. CIVIC offers policy ideas that make good sense – not just good sound bites.”

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