{"id":1607,"date":"2011-09-30T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2011-09-30T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:24:42","slug":"sfl-businessman-challenge-debbie-wasserman-schultz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/sfl-businessman-challenge-debbie-wasserman-schultz\/","title":{"rendered":"SFL Businessman to Challenge Debbie Wasserman Schultz"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border: 4px solid #423C96; width: 100%;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>30 September 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>CONTACT: BRYAN RUDNICK<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>(561) 336-0040<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>SFL Businessman to announce candidacy for Florida&#8217;s 20th Congressional District<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Ozzie deFaria and family\" src=\"http:\/\/ozzieforcongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ozzie-defaria-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0South Florida businessman Ozzie deFaria will announce his candidacy for U.S. Congress, Florida District 20 in the Republican Primary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, October 4, 2011 @\u00a06:00 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Bonaventure Country Club,\u00a0200 Bonaventure Blvd.\u00a0Weston, FL 33326<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><em>Refreshments will be served.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ABOUT OZZIE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\">Ozzie is the son of immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands, and knows what it is like to earn the American Dream as a result of hard work, education and personal responsibility. After working his way through the University of Maine, Ozzie climbed the corporate ladder at AT&amp;T where he managed annual budgets in excess of $1.5 Billion, earned a MBA at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and was sent for post-graduate work at Harvard\u2019s Business School.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\">He later served as Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer at various companies before becoming a turn-around management consultant. During his 25 years of management experience, he has generated over $800 million to the economy, as well as created over 2,000 private sector jobs. As President and CEO, he has turned money losing operations into profitable growth companies in short order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\">He and his wife Sue have six children and after successfully sending four off to college, they now reside in Weston, FL with their 2 youngest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;\"><strong>For more information, visit: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"mail%20to:%20press@ozzieforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">press@ozzieforcongress.com<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0or call Bryan Rudnick at (561) 336-0040.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px; border-top: solid 4px #669900;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/app.streamsend.com\/public_images\/200092\/images\/ASG_logo_medium_061209.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"46\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #ccc; font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#423C96\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">7700 Congress Avenue \u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0 Suite 3208 \u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0Boca Raton, FL \u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0 33487<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 September 2011 CONTACT: BRYAN RUDNICK (561) 336-0040 &nbsp; SFL Businessman to announce candidacy for Florida&#8217;s 20th Congressional District What:\u00a0South Florida businessman Ozzie deFaria will announce his candidacy for U.S. Congress, Florida District 20 in the Republican Primary. 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