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...condo commandos," like the Greater Aventura Citizens Association (GACA) in South Florida, deluged Tallahassee with phone calls and e-mails to help win changes like lower teacher-student ratios. At this spring's legislative session, says GACA director Ginger Grossman, they have lobbied for more improvements, backed by the clout of Florida's senior-voter turnout, as high as 75%. "Politicians here still think they don't need to listen to children," says Grossman, 86. "But they do need to listen...
...called for everyone in the room at least three times so we’ve gotten about fifteen calls,” said Melendez. “We asked for an opt out number but when we called it they said it was only applicable to Clout customers. They put us on hold and ultimately hung...
...Clout Financial’s website describes the company as selling “financial services” specifically to “career minded students and young professionals...
Representatives from Clout Financial did not return calls for comment yesterday...
...problem of phone solicitations on campus may extend beyond Clout Financial, as students have said that they have received a variety of suspicious calls in the past...