Bill Proctor
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Bill Proctor is the Leon County, Florida
District 1 County Commissioner, a role in which he has served since 1996. He has also been an adjunct professor of law at Florida A&M University
in Tallahassee, Florida
since August 2000.
Previously, he served on former Florida Governor Lawton Chiles
' 1994 re-election committee.
violations, including a number of unreported campaign contributions, the Florida Elections Commission charged Proctor with 178 penalty counts totaling over $200,000 in damages, a figure that was reduced by a judge in 2004 to $82,000. Proctor responded by calling members of the Elections Commission the "funkiest and foulest low-life demons in existence against black political empowerment since the Ku Klux Klan," according to the Tallahassee Democrat
.
The State of Florida Commission on Ethics ordered Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor to pay civil penalties on August 24, 2000 for violating the Full and Public Disclosure of Financial Interests sections of the Florida Constitution.
In October 2001, an attorney for the Florida Elections Commission said Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor has shown "a gross defiance" of campaign finance
laws. The morning after his misdemeanor conviction of failing to report eight political contributions, Proctor did not show up for a hearing on the state's allegations, when asked why he said he had not been notified of the hearing.
, wrote an expose about absentee professors naming only Proctor. When questioned in 2007, Proctor said, "I have the discretion and academic freedom to grade my courses as I deem. It ain't high technology and how many bolts of steel you need to have in a 40-story building." In 2010, the Tallahassee Democrat asked why he was frequently absent. He responded, "I have no idea. I mean, I can't remember."
Leon County, Florida
Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...
District 1 County Commissioner, a role in which he has served since 1996. He has also been an adjunct professor of law at Florida A&M University
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
in Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
since August 2000.
Previously, he served on former Florida Governor Lawton Chiles
Lawton Chiles
Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. was an American politician from the US state of Florida. In a career spanning four decades, Chiles, a Democrat who never lost an election, served in the Florida House of Representatives , the Florida State Senate , the United States Senate , and as the 41st Governor of...
' 1994 re-election committee.
Accomplishments
- FAMU instructor.
- Special assistant for Governor Lawton Chiles.
- Leon County Commissioner for District 1.
Campaign finance
In 1998, after a series of campaign financeCampaign finance
Campaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest. In modern democracies such funds are not necessarily devoted to election campaigns. Issue campaigns in referendums, party activities and party...
violations, including a number of unreported campaign contributions, the Florida Elections Commission charged Proctor with 178 penalty counts totaling over $200,000 in damages, a figure that was reduced by a judge in 2004 to $82,000. Proctor responded by calling members of the Elections Commission the "funkiest and foulest low-life demons in existence against black political empowerment since the Ku Klux Klan," according to the Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee Democrat
The Tallahassee Democrat is a daily broadsheet newspaper. It covers the area centered around Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, as well as adjacent Gadsden County, Jefferson County, and Wakulla County...
.
The State of Florida Commission on Ethics ordered Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor to pay civil penalties on August 24, 2000 for violating the Full and Public Disclosure of Financial Interests sections of the Florida Constitution.
In October 2001, an attorney for the Florida Elections Commission said Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor has shown "a gross defiance" of campaign finance
Campaign finance
Campaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest. In modern democracies such funds are not necessarily devoted to election campaigns. Issue campaigns in referendums, party activities and party...
laws. The morning after his misdemeanor conviction of failing to report eight political contributions, Proctor did not show up for a hearing on the state's allegations, when asked why he said he had not been notified of the hearing.
Teaching attendance
The dean of FAMU issued a written reprimand for Proctor's frequent unexcused absences, and the campus newspaper, The FamuanThe Famuan
The The Famuan newspaper was established more than 100 years ago and has a circulation of about 8,000.The Famuan is the campus newspaper at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. The newspaper has news, opinion, lifestyles and sports sections...
, wrote an expose about absentee professors naming only Proctor. When questioned in 2007, Proctor said, "I have the discretion and academic freedom to grade my courses as I deem. It ain't high technology and how many bolts of steel you need to have in a 40-story building." In 2010, the Tallahassee Democrat asked why he was frequently absent. He responded, "I have no idea. I mean, I can't remember."