Congratulations Governor Elect. Now get to work.
Crist defers to Bush on insurance. The governor-elect said that he won’t meddle in a special session that is expected before he takes office. In his first appearance after defeating Jim Davis to become the next governor, Crist told reporters and supporters Wednesday that he will defer to Gov. Jeb Bush on policy matters until the Jan. 2 inauguration – including on Bush’s plan to have lawmakers return next month to address Florida’s crumbling insurance market.
So will that then give you an excuse once you do take office Charlie? Shouldn’t you be involved in the special session so that nothing gets done that will affect or hamper your plan for the insurance crisis that you campaigned on?
Get in there and get your hands dirty Governor Elect Crist, I think you probably will not a head start on this crisis.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
I agree completely.
The new governor is in the hip pocket of the insurance industry since he accepted somewhere around $2.8 million in campaign contributions. That was announced by one of his opponents during the pre-election debates held on Florida TV and he still got elected???
Someone needs to light a fire under Charley’s backside to get him to do something for the citizens of Florida or he should be removed from office immediately.
He should be having weekly video updates via TV telling us what he is doing and where things are heading. Feedback is needed here or we have no idea if he is doing anything other than delegating the responsibility to others. This problem is major and it needs to be addressed this year with a solid program to recovery. There is no reason to wait, we all know there are two primary issues we are faced with. The most important one is reducing the cost of insurance and second is having enough insurance companies in Florida that Citizens Insurance is put out of business.
The whole idea of a state owned insurance company is wrong especially when it charges thousands more than a nationally known insurance company.
Our past officials that dealt with insurance issues had to see the handwriting on the wall when it came to an highly probable insurance crisis and they did absolutely nothing about it. In my estimation they should all be find and sentenced to jail for fraudulently handling of our state insurance policies.
Florida people must get involved in this or our politicians will “BS” their way out it with every excuse they can come up with. Studies are oaky IF they come up with a solution and that has not happened for over six months now. Pretty soon it will be a year and still nothing has been done. People need to unite or out public representatives will procrastinate and defer for god knows how long…