Neal Receives Defender of Faith and Freedom Award

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Pat Neal, CEO and chairman of the board at Neal Communities, was recognized by the Florida Faith and Freedom Coalition with its 2017 Defender of Faith and Freedom Award. Representatives from all three branches of state government attended the annual Florida Faith and Freedom Coalition Legislative Prayer Breakfast in Tallahassee and Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, the 2016 recipient of the Defender of Faith and Freedom Award, presented this year’s award to Neal, a former state Senator and former member of the Florida House of Representatives. He is on the Judicial Nominating Committee, the board of directors of Tax Watch and is currently chairman of the Tax Watch Committee on Property Taxation, which is charged with forming policy for the 2017 Legislature. Most recently, Neal and his wife gifted $1 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County.

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