Alan Abramowitz loses bid for circuit judgeship
The head of the state’s child advocate program has lost a second bid to sit on the judicial bench. Alan Abramowitz, executive director of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Office, was a finalist to replace retiring Circuit Judge George Reynolds III in Tallahassee’s 2nd Judicial Circuit. On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott instead appointed Robert E. Long Jr., the general counsel for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. Scott and Long also share a Navy bond: The governor served 29 months as a radar man on the U.S.S.…