The current elected officials appear to want to maintain their position and control of state government, before they risk their status trying to fix, or make worse in some cases, the insurance crisis.
Republicans intend to roll out their own plan, but not until after September’s primary. The still-developing plan centers on a pledge to take action after the general election — once the governor’s office, Cabinet posts and House and Senate seats are again in Republican control. “What I think we should avoid is, during campaign season, to make sure we don’t mix politics with policy,” said Rep. Ray Sansom, R-Destin, who is set to become speaker in 2008 and is now part of Speaker-designate Marco Rubio’s leadership team.
Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings, chairwoman of the governor’s insurance-crisis committee, says legislative fixes will begin to emerge around Thanksgiving.
Should we wait until after the election and allow our current elected officials who have caused this issue maintain their positions? Please, now write, email, or call your representatives and let them know that you want this issue fixed now. Lets force them to call a special session.
August 14th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Thank you for providing extra coverage and reminding readers to contact their representatives. My insurance just went up from $1100/year to $6500 per year. This is out of hand and must be controlled before we all lose our homes to the insurance companies.
Alice