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Republican Executive Director ordered off-duty police to remove Crespo from the podium and eventually out of the meeting altogether. Complaints by Crespo's campaign were filed a complaint with the City of
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officer and his role as the outsider in this race running against a career, machine politician. He stated his belief in the concept of "citizen legislators" and while running for
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as a consultant, working between 2007 and 2009 as a senior manager developing, launching and managing a major media project for the
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793:Corral, Oscar (April 15, 2006).
534:Florida House of Representatives
304:Joint Service Commendation Medal
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1096:Alumni of King's College London
511:and elsewhere. During the 2000
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136:Joint Service Achievement Medal
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