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What a difference two years can make!
At this time in November 2006, GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Palm Harbor—as a newly sworn-in freshman lawmaker in the minority party—would soon learn where his Capitol Hill office would be located.
What he got, as a result of a lottery of left-over offices available to first-year House members, was a cramped sixth-floor suite at the Longworth Office Building.
For the next two years, Bilirakis and his staff would work from that office located in a little-used hallway, shared by a minor subcommittee on energy and minerals, and several storage rooms.
But heading now into his second term, things are already looking up, er, down for Bilirakis.
Downstairs that is. And that’s a good thing.
Bilirakis is now moving to a larger, first-floor corner office – Rm. 1124 – on at the Longworth Office Building, previously occupied by Henry Brown of South Carolina, who also is relocating.
Among other benefits, the new digs are much easier to locate, and more convenient to the underground subway that shuttles lawmakers and others to and from the Capitol building.
Now, perhaps, Bilirakis will be able to look on with a smile Friday as the incoming freshman House members hold their office-space lottery.
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Posted by andrew nappi, hudson florida on 11/20 at 08:01 PM
I hope the new office will inspire Gus to realize he needs to become more conservative. I believe his personal fortunes will improve if he begins to act more like RonPaul instead of Adam Putnam or even that other great country club Republican, his dad Mike.
District 9 will not withstand a hard left challenge if the Obamunist machine targets it hard. Line up with Dr.Paul, Gus. Join the revolution and help save America.