Atwater wrote his own darn speech, advisor insists
by Dara Kam | March 3rd, 2009Read a copy of Atwater’s speech here or listen here.
Senate President Jeff Atwater’s opening day speech was NOT written by political consultant Randy Nielsen, said an Atwater advisor.
A copy of the speech distributed to the media bore the author “Public Concepts,” Nielsen’s consulting firm based out of Palm Beach County.
But Rick Wilson, a GOP political consultant who played a major role in Atwater’s reelection campaign, said Atwater wrote most of the speech himself with a few suggestions from Wilson.
“Jeff gave me a draft. I did my wordsmithing on it and Jeff polished and worked it up into a pretty good speech I thought,” Wilson reluctantly conceded to quell rumors about Nielsen’s involvement.
Tags: Jeff Atwater, State Senate
Where's the money? Use The Post's interactive database of who wants and who's getting federal dollars.
Use these interactive graphics to find and contact Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast legislators.
