Click here to become a sponsor! Thank You, Supporters: The Davis Family, Florida TaxWatch, The Florida Council of 100, and the State of Florida thank the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of the 2001 Davis Productivity Awards: Titanium Circle Prudential Financial The Florida Lottery Platinum Circle Florida's News Channel Diamond Circle Resource Associates, Inc. Watermark Communities, Inc. Gold Circle PRIDE Enterprises Unisys Silver Circle BellSouth Ernst & Young Florida Trend Magazine Bronze Circle Diane Wilkins Productions Florida Power Corporation Friends IBM The Florida Council of 100  Levy Awards and Promotional Products Outback Steakhouse Signs Now Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tupperware Corporation Mona Lisa Photography Delta Airline About the Florida TaxWatch Steven L. Evans, Chairman Dominic M. Calabro, President & CEO Florida TaxWatch is the only statewide organization entirely devoted to protecting and promoting the political and economic freedoms of Floridians as well as the economic prosperity of our state. Since its inception in 1979, Florida TaxWatch has gained a reputation as the watchdog of Florida citizens' hard-earned dollars. The organization is also recognized as one of the six most influential and respected taxpayer research institutes in the nation. Florida TaxWatch is a private, non-profit, non-partisan research institute supported entirely by voluntary, tax-deductible membership contributions and philanthropic foundation grants. Membership is open to any organization or individual interested in helping to make Florida competitive, healthy and economically prosperous. Members, through their local support, help bring about a more effective, responsive government. The organization's empirically sound research projects for the legislature and state government recommend productivity enhancements and detail the statewide impact of tax and spend policies and practices. The group's efforts have produced impressive results: over the years, three-fourths of Florida TaxWatch's cost-saving recommendations has helped save taxpayers over $6 billion or more than $1,067 per Florida family.   About The Florida Council of 100 Alfred Hoffman, Jr., Chairman Charles T. Ohlinger, Executive Director Formed in 1961, the Florida Council of 100 exists to promote the economic growth of Florida and improve the economic well being of its citizenry. A private, non-profit, bipartisan organization, the Council derives its revenue entirely from membership dues. Members invited into the Council represent a cross-section of key business leaders in Florida. The organization works closely with the Governor and the legislature, as well as private organizations to achieve quality of life improvements for all Floridians. In recent years, the Council of 100 responded to a request on improving the Justice System, assisting with the establishment of Enterprise Florida and working with higher education systems to establish the Business/Higher Education Partnership. Most recently, the Council provided the business leadership on the Governor's Commission on Education aimed at education reform. THE 2002 DAVIS PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS HOME PAGE