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Mark Wemple. From left, Tim Fetter, Bob Banks, Ron Campbell and Chris Diaz are the brain trust behind Seminole Financial Services in Belleair Bluffs.
Mark Wemple. From left, Tim Fetter, Bob Banks, Ron Campbell and Chris Diaz are the brain trust behind Seminole Financial Services in Belleair Bluffs.
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Bob Banks offers up one of the oldest excuses in the book for why, after a successful career in real estate investment, he’s still plugging away in the business world at age 74.

 

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