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Sam Rashid is the chief executive officer of HOLTEC USA, which supplies equipment to the lumber industry. He is also involved with several other area businesses. Rashid, of Valrico, is a leading critic of the proposed sales tax increase for transit and roads in Hillsborough County.
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