12 Facts About Mike Fasano

Mike Fasano is the Tax Collector of Pasco County, Florida.

Mike Fasano was first elected to the Florida Senate in November 2002 and subsequently re-elected in 2004 and 2008.

From 2008 through 2010, Mike Fasano served as President Pro Tempore of the Florida Senate.

Mike Fasano represented Senate District 11, which encompassed western parts of Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties, and northern Pinellas county.

Mike Fasano served as Majority Whip under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Dan Webster.

For several years within the Senate, Mike Fasano served as the Chairman of the Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committee, where he oversaw a budget of about 12 billion dollars.

From 2010 to 2012, Mike Fasano served as chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations.

Mike Fasano served on many other committees in the Florida Senate including: Banking and Insurance; Budget; Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; and Health Regulation.

Once again in the Florida House, Mike Fasano served as chair of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.

Mike Fasano's father, Alexander, was a meat-cutter in Long Island, New York.

In 1971, when Mike Fasano was 13, his father was diagnosed with cancer.

Mike Fasano Stripped of Chairmanship after Speaking Against Prison Plan [1].