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It is not illegal to get money from PAC\u2019s but it could be morally questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City Mayoral Candidate Sara Roberts McCarley\u00a0has shattered the previous record for fundraising in a Lakeland mayoral race. As of Oct. 9, McCarley raised\u00a0$81,675.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCarley\u2019s donor list includes roughly 140 contributors, with nearly 50 giving the maximum $1,000 allowed under state law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has received $1,000 donations from political committees, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advancing Florida Agriculture<\/a>, associated with Sen. Ben Albritton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citizens for Solutions<\/a> and Freedom and Liberty Fund<\/a>, both chaired by Sen. Jason Brodeur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defending Conservatism and Democracy<\/a>, chaired by Sen. Danny Burgess<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Conservatives United<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCarley also received support from the campaign committees of Albritton, Sen. Colleen Burton, Rep. Jennifer Canady, and neighboring Sens. Jim Boyd and Joe Gruters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advancing Florida Agriculture  
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Type:<\/td>Political Committee<\/td><\/tr>
Status:<\/td>Active<\/td><\/tr>
Address:<\/td>527 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301<\/td><\/tr>
Phone:<\/td>(850)404-1000<\/td><\/tr>
Chairperson:<\/td>Ben Albritton<\/td><\/tr>
Treasurer:<\/td>Noreen A. Fenner
527 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Citizens for Solutions  
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Type:<\/td>Political Committee<\/td><\/tr>
Status:<\/td>Active<\/td><\/tr>
Address:<\/td>527 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301<\/td><\/tr>
Phone:<\/td>(850)404-1000<\/td><\/tr>
Chairperson:<\/td>Jason Brodeur<\/td><\/tr>
Treasurer:<\/td>Noreen Fenner
527 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301  <\/td><\/tr>
Committee name:<\/td>FREEDOM AND LIBERTY PAC<\/td><\/tr>
Mailing address:<\/td>C\/O BULLDOG COMPLIANCE138 CONANT STREET 2ND FLOORBEVERLY, MA 01915<\/td><\/tr>
Treasurer:<\/td>GANTT, CHARLES<\/td><\/tr>
Committee type:<\/td>Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only)<\/td><\/tr>
Committee designation:<\/td>Unauthorized<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Defending Conservatism and Democracy  
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Type:<\/td>Political Committee<\/td><\/tr>
Status:<\/td>Active<\/td><\/tr>
Address:<\/td>2055 NW Diamond Creek Way
Jensen Beach, FL 34957<\/td><\/tr>
Phone:<\/td>(772)261-8100<\/td><\/tr>
Website:<\/td>www.defendingconservatismanddemocracy.com\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Chairperson:<\/td>Danny Burgess<\/td><\/tr>
Treasurer:<\/td>Michael Millner
2055 NW Diamond Creek Way
Jensen Beach, FL 34957<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Florida Conservatives United  
 <\/td><\/tr>
Type:<\/td>Political Committee<\/td><\/tr>
Status:<\/td>Active<\/td><\/tr>
Address:<\/td>115 East Park Avenue, Suite 1
Tallahassee, FL 32301<\/td><\/tr>
Phone:<\/td>(352)275-5004<\/td><\/tr>
Email:<\/td>floridaconservativesunited@electioneeringconsulting.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Chairperson:<\/td>William S. Jones<\/td><\/tr>
Treasurer:<\/td>William S. Jones<\/td><\/tr>
Registered Agent:<\/td>Richard E. Coates
115 East Park Avenue
Suite 1
Tallahassee, FL 32301<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is not illegal to get money from PAC\u2019s but it could be morally questionable. City Mayoral Candidate Sara Roberts McCarley\u00a0has shattered the previous record for fundraising in a Lakeland… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"15","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTBcL21jY2FybGV5LndlYnA_Zml0PTU3NCUyQzgwNCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IkNpdHkgTWF5b3JhbFx1MDBhMENhbmRpZGF0ZSBTYXJhIFJvYmVydHMgTWNDYXJsZXkgaXMgdGFraW5nIG1vbmV5IGZyb20gcG9saXRpY2FsIGNvbW1pdHRlZXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.7kZmlpDf88eSfcpA2rMXLcdWVWJVJx9dBv-TFmgRnyIMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":58654,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mccarley.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[12448],"class_list":["post-58653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-city-mayoral-candidate-sara-roberts-mccarley-is-taking-money-from-political-committees"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58655,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653\/revisions\/58655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}