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The Central Pasco Chamber Monthly Membership Meeting with Guest Speaker Senator John Legg

The Central Pasco Chamber held their monthly membership meeting on September 8, 2015 at Stage Left Restaurant, 24400 SR54, Lutz, FL 33559. The Networking was at 11:30am, and the meeting was from noon to 1:00pm. The Guest Speaker was Senator John Legg​, and he spoke about growth and traffic issues in both Pasco and Hillsborough Counties . The meeting was sponsored by: Oasis Pregnancy Care Centers.

John Legg is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 17th District, which includes parts of Hillsborough and Pasco Counties since 2012. Legg was born in Brooksville and lives in Port Richey, with his wife, Suzanne, his two children, Jack, and Evangeline, and three step-children, Rebecca, Dylan, and Alexa. He attended Pasco–Hernando Community College and the University of South Florida, where he graduated with a degree in social work in 1995. Legg worked as an educator, helping to establish the Dayspring Academy, a Pasco County charter school, in 2000.

In 2002, Legg ran for the Florida House of Representatives from the 45th District, though he lost to Tom Anderson in the Republican primary. Afterwards, he worked for State Representative Heather Fiorentino of the46th district, as her staff director and as a consultant for the Republican Party of Florida. Following Fiorentino's retirement in 2004, Legg ran to succeed her, defeating John Stewart to win his party's nomination. In the general election, he faced Democratic nominee Delores Thomas and campaigned on a platform of opposing gun control and supporting affordable health insurance and smaller class sizes. He defeated Thomas easily, winning 56% of the vote. Legg was re-elected without opposition in 2006, and in 2008, faced Democratic nominee Ron Rice and independent candidate John J. Ubele. In this election, he received the endorsement of the Tampa Bay Times, which praised him as an advocate for "helping shape state education policy," and easily defeated Rice and Ubele. He was elected to his final term in the House in 2010 with no opposition. During his final term, he served as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Florida House of Representatives.
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