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Gov. Charlie Crist's top advisor for the developmentally disabled, Jane Johnson, resigned Friday. She will leave her post as secretary of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities at the end of the month. APD spokeswoman Melanie Etters said Friday: "She said she has been working so hard, and she's just ready to do something different." Johnson faced a $153-million deficit in the agency a year ago, but Etters said the decific has shrunk to about $9-million.
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Is this the beginning of the exodus?
Posted by: | May 02, 2008 at 05:27 PM
Jane was such a committed advocate for the disabled, she must have gone insane working for a state government that wants to cut her services. Blast them Jane, you know you want too!
Posted by: Fred | May 02, 2008 at 05:27 PM
The members of the Legislature couldn't care less about the diabled - because most of them don't vote and don't have a ton of money to give to their campaigns!!!
Posted by: | May 02, 2008 at 05:59 PM
... that's a loss
Posted by: | May 02, 2008 at 07:01 PM
5:59 You got that right!
Posted by: | May 02, 2008 at 09:41 PM
An exceptional woman who inherited a mess and was asked to do a great deal with very little resources. They should appoint one of the legislators who screamed the loudest but did nothing to fund the needs of the agency.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 07:14 AM
She may have been good, but she was served poorly by the staff below her. It's tough to lead any agency if you don't take immediatel clean the place of dead weght. A mistake way too many people make when stepping into a job they didn't simply move up into.
Unfortunately, probably one of those dead weights will now be in charge.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 11:44 AM
sounds like an opportunity for Murman or Bowen or Pickens or Bean. my pick would be put Holly there and move Murman in to AHCA.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Murman? doesn't she live in Tampa and isn't she a lobbyist?
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Bowen would be a real asset for the Governor and I think she lives in Tallahassee.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Bowen gets agriculture commissioner
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Bronson still has two years
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Bowen would be awsome at the agency for persons with disabilities. She is an exceptional woman.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Bowen deserves a bigger appointment then that. She will be sorely missed in the legislature. She was a class act.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Where was Jane before? Wasn't she a lobbyist? Murman could do it. Bring back the institutional knowledge Charlie.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Is she also resigning from the Autism Task Force? I hope so, she was against the autism bill. Not much of an advocate.
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 03:10 PM
Posted by: | May 03, 2008 at 11:44 AM
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Often times what some call dead weight are actually those who keep the boat afloat.
Posted by: | May 04, 2008 at 02:40 PM