Bill Proctor

Bill Proctor is the Leon County, Florida District 1 County Commissioner, a role in which he has served since 1996. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was hired in August 2000 [ [http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/11/State/FAMU_instructor_sails.shtml State: FAMU instructor sails through hot water ] ] . Previously, he served on former Florida Governor Lawton Chiles' 1994 re-election committee. Proctor is a polarizing figure in many circles given his past run-ins with the Florida Ethics and Elections Commissions [ [http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/11/State/FAMU_instructor_sails.shtml State: FAMU instructor sails through hot water ] ] , his teaching qualifications and actions [ [http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/11/State/FAMU_instructor_sails.shtml State: FAMU instructor sails through hot water ] ] , as well as his actions related to race-related issues and his residency in Leon County.

Legal Troubles

In 1998, after a series of campaign finance 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 [ [http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/11/State/FAMU_instructor_sails.shtml State: FAMU instructor sails through hot water ] ] .

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