Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, center, makes a point regarding preparations for Hurricane Ike during a meeting Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center in Miami with various state, county and municipal officials. Left of Crist is Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate and at his right is Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez. AP Photo logo AP Photo 14 months ago

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, center, makes a point regarding preparations for Hurricane Ike during a meeting Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center in Miami with various state, county and municipal officials. Left of Crist is Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate and at his right is Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez.

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  7. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and first lady Carol Crist, walk through the scene in downtown Orlando, Fla. following a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Crist was in Tampa at the time of the shooting and came to Orlando to offer support.
  8. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist listens to Orlando police chief Val Demings, with Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer, on the scene in downtown Orlando, Fla. following a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Crist was in Tampa at the time of the shooting and came to Orlando to offer support.
  9. COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for CNN Heroes, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan (left) and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (right) present Top Ten CNN Hero Andrea Ivory (center) with a proclamation for her work bringing early breast cancer detection to the doorsteps of uninsured women at a rally at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, November 4th. Ivory, chosen from 9,000 submissions worldwide, encouraged the community to vote for her as CNN Hero of the Year.
  10. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (C) is greeted by Miami-Dade police officers during a press conference to defend his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  11. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaks during a press conference as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  12. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez stands on a piece of caution tape as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
  13. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 17: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez speaks during a press conference as he defends his budget policies before a commission meeting to come up with a final budget for Miami-Dade county on September 17, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Mayor used the opportunity to defend himself and lash out at some of the media on reports that he gave raises to executives, police and firefighters as the county faces a budget crunch.
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