Rumberger's legal career began with the firm of Maquire, Voorhis and Wells in Orlando. He later served as an acting sheriff, judge and county attorney for Seminole County before becoming a founding member of the law firm, Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell.
Among his passions was the Everglades. He was general counsel for Save Our Everglades, a movement that placed a ballot initiative on the 1996 ballot that would have imposed a penny-per-pound tax on sugar to help restore the ecosystem polluted by farm runoff.
The tax was rejected by voters. But Floridians did endorse other amendments requiring that polluters pay for Everglades cleanup and that a trust fund be created to finance restoration. The ballot action set the stage for more ambitious state and federal Everglades initiatives in later years.
Rumberger was lead counsel for the Everglades Foundation since 1989.
Mary Barley, president of the Everglades Trust, called Rumberger "one of a kind."
Read more: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/09/rumberger-longtime-everglades-champion-dead-at-age-79/
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