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Fight refueled over gas pump stickers
Read full article: Fight refueled over gas pump stickersTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s office would have to replace stickers that display her smiling face on gas pumps by mid-September under a House budget proposal. Fried is the only Democrat elected statewide, and stickers placed on pumps after she took office last year included a picture of her. The fight over the stickers has festered for more than a year, since her office started to replace stickers that had been placed on pumps when Republican Adam Putnam was the agriculture commissioner. The new stickers went up as pumps were checked for illegal “skimmer” devices intended to steal credit card information. In addition to Fried’s face, the stickers say, “inspected and approved for accuracy,” along with her name and a consumer assistance web address and phone number.