Hello Everyone,
Evelyn Here,
The following is an excerpt from this week’s news release from the Office of the Attorney General Charlie Crist. The excerpt features Charlie Crist’s confidences in passing of the reins of the Office of the Attorney General to Attorney General Elect Bill McCollum in January 2007.
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Message from Attorney General Charlie Crist
This week, as our nation and our state began to adjust to the many
changes facing us in the days ahead, our office took the first steps
towards transitioning into new administrations. This office is no
exception. I am pleased that the people of Florida will be
represented in the Attorney General’s Office by a highly capable
leader such as Attorney General-elect Bill McCollum.
I have known Bill McCollum for many years and consider him a friend.
Not only has he shown tremendous dedication by serving our country for
more than 20 years as an officer in the Naval Reserve’s Judge Advocate
General (JAG) Corps, he also represented the people Central Florida
for 20 years as a member of the United States Congress.
Attorney General-elect McCollum’s priorities as a U.S. representative
were evident - he believed that keeping our families safe was the most
important task he and his colleagues in the House of Representatives
could undertake. In 1989, he founded the House Task Force on Terrorism
and Unconventional Warfare and served on the Intelligence Committee.
He made it clear that he would accept nothing less than the best
safety and security our nation could offer.
This week, General-elect McCollum held an agency-wide conference call
to introduce himself to the staff of the Attorney General’s Office.
During the call, he congratulated the staff on their hard work and
good reputation and expressed his pleasure at coming on board with
such a talented group of individuals.
As Florida’s new Attorney General, Bill McCollum intends to continue
his emphasis on keeping Florida’s children and families safe and
secure. The Attorney General’s Child Predator CyberCrime Unit has
made monumental efforts in the fight against the sexual exploitation
of children and Attorney General-elect McCollum will continue to
champion the mission of that unit, which netted yet another arrest
this week.
As my administration as Attorney General draws to a close, I feel
confident that Bill McCollum will do an outstanding job for the people
of Florida. Please join me in wishing him well as the new Attorney
General of Florida.
Charlie Crist
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Evelyn Out.
