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Bob Solari
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Bob Solari is a Florida politician and retired financial planner. As of May 2017, Solari had been elected three times as an Indian River County commissioner.[1] In February 2017, Solari was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Committee, a 37-member commission that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution. According to an article in the Miami Herald, he is a Republican.[2]
Career
Bob Solari earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Denver. He holds a law degree from Fordham University School of Law and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]
Before he was elected to public office, Solari was employed by the International Citrus Corporation and Incitco Realty. He then worked as a financial planner with RMS Financial Services.[3]
Solari served on the Vero Beach, Florida city council from 2005 through 2007. He was first elected to the Indian River County Board of Commissioners in 2008.[4]
Florida Constitution Revision Commission
In February 2017, Solari was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) by Florida State Senate President Joe Negron, a Republican.[2]
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[5] The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote.[6] The commission convenes every 20 years.[5] Members of the commission travel to different parts of Florida to perform research and receive public testimony before recommending these ballot measures.[7]
The Constitution Revision Commission of 2017-2018 was composed of 37 members. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, appointed 15 members of the CRC. President of the Florida Senate, Joe Negron (R), appointed nine members. Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran (R) appointed nine members. Jorge Labarga, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, appointed three members.[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ TC Palm, "Analysis: No surprise Bob Solari wins Indian River County Commission race," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Miami Herald, "Negron names 6 Republicans and Chris Smith to the Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vote Bob Solari, "Get to Know Bob Solari," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ VeroNews.com, "Bob Solari," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Florida Legislature, "The Florida Constitution," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ D'Alemberte, T. (2016). The Florida State Constitution. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Holland & Knight, "Anna Marie Hernandez Gamez Appointed to Florida's Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2017-2018, "Commissioners," accessed May 2, 2017
