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OPINION: Quinones takes leap back into new spotlight.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

| February 02, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: George Diaz

Feb. 2--John Quinones isn't the first name that comes to mind when you think of major players along Central Florida's partisan turf wars.

But to dismiss him as minority window dressing is myopic, if not absurd. "John Q" is back in business in Central Florida, taking a political leap of faith back to his community. Quinones stood among friends and constituents in a news conference at the Robert Guevara Community Center in Buenaventura Lakes on Thursday afternoon, to tell them that he was coming home to run for an Osceola County Commission seat. After representing his district in Tallahassee since 2002, Quinones is hoping that…

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