Arthenia L. Joyner is a member of the Florida Senate. She is a Democrat and has represented the 18th District of the Florida Senate since 2007. She was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2001 through 2006 representing the 59th District. This year, Joyner helped Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.Arthenia L. Joyner was born February 3, 1943 in Lakeland, Florida. Joyner lived in Lakeland until the late 1940’s when she and her family moved to Tampa. Her father, Henry Joyner, opened The Cotton Club, which was in the heart of Tampa’s black community. Joyner’s religious affiliation is African Methodist Episcopal and she enjoys spending her free time reading, traveling and walking.
While attending Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1963, Joyner spent two weeks in jail after being arrested in an effort to desegregate movie theaters and churches in Tallahassee. (Three different websites had confirmed the arrest, but after looking further to hcso.tampa.fl.us, dc.state.fl.us, and lcso.leonfl.org/sheriff.htm, I could not find proper documentation to prove it.) In 1964, she graduated with her B.S. in Political Science. She became a teacher for a short time from 1964 until 1965. Joyner quoted, “We need to increase the salaries of our teachers because we’re $6,000 below the national average; and that just will not cut it.” Joyner became an attorney after graduating from Florida A&M University College of Law in 1968. “Justice should have not deadline,” Joyner stated.
Joyner is now 65 years old, and she is a founding partner in the Tampa Law Firm of Stewart, Joyner and Jordan-Holmes. Her current assets consist of her household goods, car and home. She has a law firm salary and her only liability is her mortgage.
After researching Arthenia Joyner on Opensecrets.org, I found she has contributed to multiple groups since 1993, begging with $500 towards the Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte. Her next contribution was $500 in 1994 to DNC Services Corp, then two in 1995 one for $1,000 to Bill Clinton (D) and the second was for $1,000 to the Democratic National Committee. The next contribution was in 1996 for $250 towards Sandra W. Freedman (D), and in 1999 she gave $1,000 to Al Gore (D). This year, Joyner also gave $500 to Hillary Clinton (D). Moneyline.cq.com confirmed Joyner’s contribution to Hillary Clinton, but the previous contributions did not show on this site.
According to the Hillsborough Property Appraisers, Arthenia L. Joyner currently lives in a single family home at 7810 N Whittier St in Tampa, FL 33617. The house has three bedrooms and two baths. In 2008 the just value was $135,691, assessed value was $91,455, exemptions were $50,000 and the taxable value was $41,455. According to the Tax Collector’s Office, Joyner has paid her property taxes in full since 2001, but they are still currently waiting for this year’s payment. She owns two other houses, one at 3219 Deerfield Dr and it is a two bedroom and one bath home. Her just, assessed and taxable values of this house were $88,704 this year, and she has paid her taxes every year since 2001 on this house. Her third house is located at 4604 Pompano Dr, and this is a two bedroom and two bath house. She has also paid her taxes for this house since 2001.
Joyner is not married and she doesn’t have any children. She has devoted her life to other activities such as committee memberships, legislative services, other public services and she has received multiple awards and honors.
Joyner’s legislative service include her being elected to the Senate in 2006, Minority (Democratic) Whip 2006-2008, House of Representatives 200-2006, Democratic Policy Chair 2004-2006, Democratic Floor Leader 2002-2004, Democratic Whip 2000-2002 and finally she was appointed by Speaker Bense to NCSL Law and Criminal Justice Committee.
This entire semester at USF, our class has been told to “Follow the money,” so I did just that…Followthemoney.org shows Joyner ran for District 18 in the Senate as a Democrat in 2006. It shows she won the election and she raised a total of $178,054. The bulk of the money raised was from Lawyers and Lobbyists, totaling $60,950. The least amount of money raised was from Candidate Contributions totaling $100. The state of Florida provided 86.8% of the total money collected and the other 13.2% was provided from out of state contributions. It was Tampa, Florida that provided the most money in Florida totaling $40,647.
Continuing through followthemoney.org I found that Joyner ran for District 59 in the House as a Democrat in 2004. She won this election after raising $30,669. This time Joyner received the most money from Health Sectors totaling $9,625 and second were Lawyers and Lobbyists totaling $5,500. Florida provided 92.4% of the contributions while 7.2% was from out of state, and 0.3% was from unknown locations.
Another election Joyner won was District 59 for the House as a Democrat in 2002. Followthemoney.org showed she raised $87,858 and Lawyers and Lobbyists provided the highest amount of money totaling $25,258. Eighty-eight point eight percent of the money was from Florida while 11.1% was from out of state, and only 0.1% was an unknown location.
Finally in 2000, Joyner won District 59 in the House as a Democrat after raising $92,421. About 1/3 of the money raised was from Lawyers and Lobbyists, and 84.3% of the money was from the state of Florida. The other 15.5% was from out of state while 0.2% was from an unknown location.
Votesmart.org shows multiple things about candidates. In Joyner’s case, she voted yes on many bills. Some bills she voted yes on were rejected while others passed. The bills Joyner voted for that did pass consisted of the Property Insurance Regulations in 2008, the Electronic Gaming Machines in 2008 and the Casino Regulations in 2007. Joyner also voted no on twenty-seven bills from 2006 through 2008 that did end up passing in the Senate.
Joyner has multiple other public services noted on her senate website. These services include:
- University Community Hospital Trustee, 1986-Present
- National Labor Caucus, Executive Committee, 2004
- Hillsborough Head Start Community Foundation Board, Inc., Board of Directors, 2002
- Federal Aviation Authority Management Advisory Council, 2000-2001
- Florida A&M University Foundation, Board of Directors, 1996-2000
- Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, 1991-1999
- Tampa Bay Partnership, Policy Board, 1993-1999
- U.S. Delegation United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995
- Governor's Commission on African-American Affairs, 1993-1994
- Hillsborough County Overall Economic Development Committee, 1992-1994
- Tampa Economic Development Board, Board of Directors, 1992-1994
- U.S. Delegation World Population and Development Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 1994
- Clinton-Gore Administration, Justice-Civil Rights Transition Cluster, Senior Advisory Council, 1993
- Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Board of Governors, Executive Committee,
- Minority Economic Development Council, 1990-1993
- Florida Supreme Court Racial and Ethnic Bias Commission, 1990-1991
- Governor's Commission on Government for the People, 1991
- Bay Area Legal Services, Board of Directors, 1977-1986, 1990
- City of Tampa General Employees Pension Fund, Board of Trustees, 1988-1990
- Hillsborough County Partners in Progress Committee, 1989
- Travelers Aid Society, Inc., Board of Directors, 1980-1988
- Governor's Task Force on the Black Family, 1986
- Helping Hand Day Nursery, Board of Directors, 1978-1986
- Hillsborough County Charter Review Board, 1985-1986
- State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Committee, 1984-1986
- Hillsborough Community Housing Resource Board, 1984-1985
- Criminal Justice Planning Council of Hillsborough County, Charter Member, 1974-1984
- Hillsborough County School Board, Citizen Advisory Committee, 1983-1984
- Florida Probation & Parole Qualifications Selection Committee, 1977
- YWCA, Board of Directors, 1976-1977
- Hillsborough County Nursing Home Ombudsman Committee, 1975
- Tampa Urban League, Board of Directors, 1975
- Legal Assistant to Representative Joe Lang Kershaw, Florida House of Representatives, 1969
Also noted on the Joyner website were her honors and awards. These include:
- Bible-Based Fellowship Church, Living Legend Award, 2006
- St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church, Service Award, 2006
- Hillsborough County Sheriff and Tampa Urban League, Salute to Leadership Award, 2006
- Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc., Legislator of the Year Award, 2005
- The Florida League of Cities, Legislative Appreciation Award, 2005
- The Florida A&M University, Distinguished Community Service Award, 2005
- NAACP, Morris W. Milton Memorial Award, 2005
- Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Rosemary Barkett Award, 2005
- Tampa Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, (ACORN), Representative of the Year Award, 2005
- Florida A&M University, College of Law, Outstanding Graduate Award, 2005
- Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers, West Coast Chapter, Appreciation Award, 2005
- Ferrell Middle Magnet School, Trailblazer Award, 2005
- 1st Amendment Foundation, Special Recognition Award, 2004
- Flemming Leadership Institute Fellowship, 2004
- Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers, Achievement Award, 2004
- Friend of Florida Association of Women Lawyers Award, 2003
- Florida Consumer Action Network, Consumer Champion Award, 2002
- The Florida Bar, Celebration of Florida's First 150 Women Lawyers and the First 5
- African-American Women Lawyers, Honoree, 2000
- Airport Minority Advisory Council, Leadership Award, 1999
- Women of Distinction-Suncoast Girl Scouts Award, 1995
- George E. Edgecomb Bar Association, Francisco Rodriguez Award, 1993
- Leadership Florida, 1992-1993
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Officers', Achievement Award, 1993
- American Jewish Committee, Project Interchange's African-American Leaders Seminar in Israel, 1993
- National Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division, Founders Achievement Award, 1992
- The Charmettes Inc., Eunice Thompson Service Award, 1992
- College Hill Resident Council, Supporting The Struggle Award, 1991
- Executive Woman of the Year, 1990
- Leadership Tampa, 1988-1989
- Plant City Business and Professional Women's Club, Dedication and Outstanding Performance Award, 1989
- Bay Area Legal Services, Pro Bono Award, 1985-1988
- Governor's Distinguished Black Floridian Award, 1987
- Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1985
- Dollars and Sense Magazine, America's Top 100 Black Business and Professional Women, 1985
- Ebony Magazine, America's 100 Most Influential Black Americans, 1985
Her other affiliations noted on her senate website were:
- American Bar Association
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers
- George E. Edgecomb Bar Association, Hillsborough County
- Greater Tampa Urban League, Life Member
- Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers
- Hillsborough County Bar Association, Board of Directors
- NAACP, Life Member
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- The Florida Bar
- Links, Inc., National Parliamentarian 1997-2000
- Commissioners' Roundtable, Airports Council International, North America, Steering Committee and Vice Chair 1992-1999
- Legal Steering Committee, Airports Council International, North America 1995-1999
- Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for Florida 1992-1996
- Judicial Nominating Commission, 13th Judicial Circuit, Chair 1993-1994
- National Coalition 100 Black Women, Inc., National Legal Counsel 1992-1993
- Delta Sigma Theta Inc., National Legal Advisor 1985-1992
- National Bar Association, President 1984-1985
- Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter National Bar Association, President 1974-1976
Joyner has showed her commitment to many organizations through her continued involvement. From my research, I find Joyner to be a strong willed and dedicated woman.
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