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"The state's ``complaint clearinghouse'' is no more. That means many Floridians have no governmental agency to turn to for help with a consumer problem. Budget cuts eliminated seven positions with the Division of Consumer Services, the agency that handled consumer complaints about nonregulated industries.
``This was an area that, for whatever reason, was deemed less important than some other areas, such as maybe terrorism and things like that, that needed more funding than funding the positions we had,'' said J.R. Kelly, director of the Division of Consumer Services.
The department regulates business opportunities, charities, dance studios, game promotions/sweepstakes, health studios, intrastate moving companies, auto repair shops, Florida's do-not-call list, pawnshops, travel sales and telemarketing. In fiscal 2002-03, the division handled 43,915 complaints - 27,649 involving nonregulated industries, Kelly said..."END SNIP
Our county used to have a wonderful consumer service. The fellow who set it up was greatly admired, and much disliked by industry here. The state just was not forthcoming with information that he was supposed to get, and he closed down. His wife had been ill, and he said it was her death that caused the shutdown. However, I know he was just too passionate to let go that easily. I think they would not give him access to complaints as they should have at a state level.
I don't think our county has anything now.