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THE BUZZ: FLORIDA POLITICS

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said Friday he had "serious concerns" about the Citizens deal, zeroing in on a provision that will allow Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Company to cherry pick 60,000 insurance polices with no losses, leaving Citizens with a higher concentration of risk. The company also gets up to $52 million from Citizens' surplus fund.SCOTT KEELER | Times

Republican leaders raise questions about Citizens insurance deal

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau

5/24/13

TALLAHASSEE — Key House Republicans in the Florida Legislature have raised new questions about a unique $52 million deal between an upstart St. Petersburg insurance company and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said Friday he had "serious concerns" about the Citizens …

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By Louis Jacobson, Times Staff Writer

The statement"The IRS doesn't have to prove something against you … you've got the burden of proof."U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., in an interview with Fox News …

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