claim: General Motors' non-automotive products divested in the 1980s through 2000s.
evidence: John J. Dingfelder -LRB- born 1956 in Tampa , Florida -RRB- was on Tampa City Council serving two terms , from 2003-2010 .. Tampa City Council. Tampa City Council. Born at Tampa General Hospital , he is a Tampa native .. Dingfelder received his BS in Agriculture from the University of Florida in 1978 .. University of Florida. University of Florida. He went on to get his M.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute the following year and later his law degree from UF in 1988 .. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Dingfelder had been practicing law for 25 years .. He served the community as an Assistant County Attorney and as an Assistant Public Defender .. In private practice he has litigated at Carlton Fields and the Scarritt Law Group .. Carlton Fields. Carlton Fields. Scarritt Law Group. Scarritt Law Group. Dingfelder won his City Council race in 2003 having raised $ 40,171 and $ 145,639.47 in 2007 for his reelection campaign .. He is married to Lynn Marvin Dingfelder .