Florida Senate Campaign 2012
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Leslie Waters leaves senate race
Leslie Waters talks grassroots activism, youth action, democracy
As the seat clears and the exit music plays for Sen. Dennis Jones due to term limitations, Leslie Waters is in pursuit of the Florida Senate for 2012.
In a span of seven hours, she was waving from the open rooftop of a four-door van as it rolled down suburban streets in the Kenneth City Independence Day parade, then off to deliver a speech to a wan and sweating crowd gathered for the dedication of Founders Corner, a monument erected in honor of the legacies of founding Americans and supposed like minds. Following her address, she and I spoke in a nearby parking lot about the past she bears, the kinetic nature of the campaign, and where Waters is headed next.
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Leslie Waters Has Sights on the State Senate
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Leslie Waters, Vice Mayor of Seminole and republican former State Representative and Speaker Pro-Tempore, filed to run for the Florida Senate in 2012, when Senator Dennis Jones vacates the position due to term-limits.
Representative Waters served in the Florida House of Representatives for 8 years, leaving office in 2006 due to term-limits. While in the House she served as Chair of the House Insurance Committee, of the Hurricane Preparedness Workgroup, and of the Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committee. She was also Co-Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Hurricane Insurance, a member of the Governor’s Commission on the Future of Space and Aeronautics in Florida, the Governor’s Commission on Workers Compensation Reform, and the Select Committee on the Oversight of Florida’s Department of Children and Families.
Among key legislation sponsored by Waters was Workers Compensation reform, fighting PIP/automobile insurance fraud, fighting identity theft, child safety issues (focus on shaken baby syndrome awareness), and Space and Aeronautics in Florida.
She was elected to the Seminole City Council in 2009 for a 3-year term, which she plans to complete. She has supported well-managed and fiscally conservative city issues and budget.
Ms. Waters had a 29 year (1971-2000) career with Allstate Insurance Company, working in Human Resources, Corporate and Government Relations management.
She is currently proprietor of Leslie Waters Government Relations, is a Political Science Adjunct Instructor at USF St. Petersburg, and an International Democracy Training Consultant.
Ms. Waters was born in Gulfport, graduated from Boca Ciega High School, and attended St. Petersburg Junior College. She is a graduate of Florida State University earning both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She holds a Sr. Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification, and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator.
For many years, Waters has served on the Board of Directors of PEMHS Mental Health, the Pinellas County Urban League, is the legislative Liaison for the Pinellas Farm Bureau, and for the Pinellas Park VFW-A , Post #4364. Over the past years she has coordinated fundraising initiatives for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Association and the Alzheimer’s Association, as well as helping with the All Children’s Hospital and PARC fundraising special events.
Ms. Waters states that her decades of corporate experience, years of managing her own business, her decades of community activism, her experience and expertise at both the state and local levels of government will be of value upon returning to the Florida Legislature. Some of the issues she intends to focus on will be helping to keep insurance products accessible and affordable, reducing red tape for agriculture and small business interests, maintaining mental health funding, and assuring quality of life issues for senior citizens.
Contact: lesliewaters24@hotmail.com, 727-399-9968, www.waterswave.com and Facebook. 2/28/2011