Posted on: May 5th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Community ] [ Tomás' Picks ] [ Florida ] [ Orlando ] [ Puerto Rico ]
Minutes after the winner in the gubernatorial primary of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party was announced, Orange County Commissioner Mildred Fern�ndez received a phone call.
She wasn’t surprised it was from a prominent Central Florida doctor who offered to hold a fundraiser for the winner at a palatial Lake Nona home.
“There are strong ties between Puerto Rico and Central Florida,” said Fern�ndez, who was on the island for the March 9 primary. “The things that are happening between these two communities are not happening in any other place. It only makes sense that people would want to meet the leaders and, in this case, potentially the next governor.”"*
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