As part of our commitment to providing you with what you need to make an informed decision in the 2026 elections, News 6 joined with the News Collaborative of Central Florida to present the Voting Central Florida 2026 Voter’s Guide.
Tuesday, Aug. 18 is the Florida Statewide Primary election, a mix of party primaries and nonpartisan local elections, such as school board races, judicial races, and county commission races in some counties.
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Florida has a closed primary system, which means only members of a political party may vote in party primaries. To be eligible, a voter had to identify with that party by July 20.
However, judicial races and local races, for the most part, are open to all registered voters, regardless of political party.
Everything you need to know in order to vote in the Aug. 18 Statewide Primary, including how to vote by mail, vote early, and vote on Election Day, can be found in our Election 2026 section HERE.
Republican gubernatorial candidates
The Republican Gubernatorial primary is a statewide race open to all registered Republicans in Florida to decide who will represent the party in the November general election.
The News Collaborative of Central Florida created a list of common questions to ask the candidates. Questionnaires were sent to all candidates. Where possible, for candidates who did not respond, our collaborative partners sought to fill in details from other sources.
Jay Collins
WEBSITE: www.jayforflorida.com/
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? Lt. Gov. Collins did not answer this question.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? Florida families should be able to own a home and build a life, not just survive the bill. I will eliminate taxes on homesteaded property, protect essential services, speed permitting for the housing families actually need, and keep pressure on insurance costs. Local communities should not get run over by bad projects that raise bills and strain roads, water, and schools.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? Yes. I support eliminating taxes on homesteaded property. The current proposal is a step in the right direction, even if it is not as strong as Governor DeSantis wanted. As Governor, I will deliver real homestead property tax relief, protect essential services, and keep working until Florida families fully own their homes.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? Regulators should put Florida families first. Data centers and large loads should pay their own way. No shifting infrastructure costs onto households. Protect ratepayers, water, and reliability. Require transparency and enforceable promises. Ordinary Floridians should not get stuck with higher bills for somebody else’s project.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Water. Florida’s aquifers, springs, beaches, and long-term water supply must come first. Big projects should prove they will not drain communities or stick ratepayers with the cost. Protect the Everglades, harden infrastructure for storms, and put Florida families and natural resources ahead of reckless overbuilding.
Byron Donalds
WEBSITE: byrondonalds.com/
This candidate did not respond to our request to fill out this voter guide. To best serve you, we searched candidate websites, social media and interviews they’ve done for the answers to these questions.
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? The topmost priority on Donalds’ campaign website is to “enact the Trump agenda” and “Make America Great Again.” He will protect conservative values, including defending Floridians’ constitutional right to bear arms, protecting life and keeping “radical woke ideology” out of schools, according to his website.
Other top priorities on his website are to fight illegal immigration and make Florida more affordable. Donalds will work with the president to secure the border to keep families and communities safe, end taxpayer “handouts” to illegal immigrants and stop drugs from coming into the state, according to his website.
On the affordability issue, the website said Donalds believes Florida is too expensive for many families and seniors and he will focus on solving the property insurance crisis and lowering housing costs.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? Donalds’ campaign ads indicate that he will make Florida more affordable for families by lowering property tax and homeowner’s insurance costs. In an interview on the Cartier Family podcast on July 11, 2026, Donalds said he could potentially lower insurance rates by 20% by reforming the state’s property insurance regulatory framework.
In that same interview, he pointed to a study by the National Association of Homebuilders that said government costs account for about 30% of new home construction. Donalds said modernizing Florida’s permitting and planning processes for new home construction is one avenue he would explore for lowering housing costs for Floridians.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? At a campaign event in Tampa in September 2025, Donalds cautioned that if the state were to eliminate or substantially reduce property taxes, it would cause a spike in sales tax that would make it more expensive for people to travel to Florida and harm the state’s tourism industry.
Speaking at the same event, he indicated he would support raising the homestead exemption from $50,000 to between $300,000 and $400,000.
In comments published in Florida Politics on March 23, 2026, Donalds said on “day one as governor,” he would be “focused on delivering real property tax relief and trying to repeal homestead property taxes overall.”
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? In campaign ads, Donalds pledged to protect Floridians from AI data centers that he said will “jack up” utility rates and make everything else more expensive. He will fight for a ratepayer protection plan to ensure that Florida families do not see an increase in utilities as a result of data centers, according to campaign ads.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Donalds is committed to preserving Florida’s environment, according to his website. This means working to complete Everglades restoration, improve water quality, expand access to water supply and protect Florida beaches and other natural resources, according to his website.
James Fishback
WEBSITE: fishback2026.com/
This candidate did not respond to our request to fill out this voter guide. To best serve you, we searched candidate websites, social media and interviews they’ve done to the answers to these questions.
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? According to his website, Fishback said home ownership is one of his biggest issues. Fishback said private equity firms, including Blackstone and BlackRock, have made it difficult for young families to own by purchasing single-family homes in bulk.
His solution is to bar private equity firms from buying single-family homes and force them to divest the homes they already own over a five-year period. He pairs this with a “Rise and Shine” program – a one-time, zero-interest $10,000 loan toward a home for young married couples where at least one spouse graduated from a Florida high school, at least one works full time, and neither has drawn government welfare in the past year.
Another major issue is homeowners insurance, according to his website.
Fishback frames this argument that fewer claims and more competitors mean lower premiums. He attributes Florida’s insurance costs to four causes: hurricane and flood risk, fraud, too little competition, and insurer conduct – and is proposing a remedy for each.
He would spend 1 billion on drainage infrastructure across all 67 counties to cut flood claims, create a statewide insurance fraud task force to prosecute assignment of benefits abuse and predatory contractors, personally meet with the CEOs of the largest U.S. insurers to draw carriers back into the market and increase competition, and create a no-cost legal advisory service to help homeowners fight wrongful claim denials.
Another priority is public safety and homelessness. Fishback said homeless encampments in communities are “neglect with a bumper sticker on it.” He’s pledged to surge state resources to move people off the streets and into what he describes as structured care and treatment facilities.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? Fishback makes affordability his central theme and has said the emphasis was partly inspired by – though opposed in substance to – Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 New York City mayoral campaign.
Beyond his housing and insurance policies, his affordability agenda includes eliminating homestead property taxes for Florida residents. He wants a $50,000 transaction tax on out-of-state buyers of Florida vacation homes, what he calls the “Mamdani Tax,” to keep residents from competing with wealthy nonresidents, according to his X page. He’s also calling for mandated transparency and itemized budgets for HOA and condominium associations, with criminal penalties for self-dealing.
Finally, he wants to end Florida employers’ use of the H-1B visa program, which he ties to suppressed wages for recent Florida graduates. He proposes paying for new spending through a $50 tourism surcharge on hotel stays, rental cars, theme park tickets, airports and cruise ports, which he claims would raise about $7 billion a year from tourists rather than residents, according to his website.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? Fishback’s platform position aligns with eliminating property taxes, but only on the homesteaded properties of Florida residents – explicitly not on second homes, short-term rentals, snowbird properties or high-value estates.
On replacing lost revenue, he claims local governments now collect roughly “$20 billion more in property taxes than five years ago,” and he would work with them to roll spending back to free up that money, which he says more than covers the roughly $18 billion cost of eliminating homestead property taxes. He insists this can be done “without compromising funding for essential services like police, fire, and our public schools,” according to his campaign website.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? According to his website, Fishback wants to ban new data centers in all 67 counties through statewide preemption, stopping county commissions from approving them in the first place, rather than regulating or reforming the industry. He argues data centers raise electric bills, jeopardize the water supply and lower nearby property values, according to his website.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? His biggest environmental issue is overdevelopment and the loss of Florida farmland, according to his website. The concern is closely linked to his opposition to data center construction, plus water quality. Fishback describes himself as a conservationist, pledges to preserve more park space, and has said he supports further Everglades restoration and cleaning the state’s waterways.
Jim Holcomb
WEBSITE: jimholcomb4governor.com/
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? Mr. Holcomb did not answer this question.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? I, Jim Holcomb, know that government waste/regulations can be changed to reduce this problem. In the past, the expense of road curbs did not exist. Standardize construction codes like the SSTD 1093 should be implemented. Constitutional practices where rain that falls on a property stays on that property. Finally, a governor with building construction knowledge should be elected.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? Yes. Property taxes should not be a never-ending property expense. The tourist tax should be used to reduce property taxes. The increased homestead exemption is a very good idea. A percentage of profits from Florida mineral resources could reduce property taxes, similar to the mineral payments/programs in Alaska.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? I, Jim Holcomb, believe that the private Florida utility companies are doing a very good job and should not be interfered with by government. I, Jim Holcomb, believe the utility companies want to help those who need it; maybe the rich politicians could give back their pay and pensions, as I have committed to do if elected governor and everyone’s taxes will be reduced.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Answer. I, Jim Holcomb, believe that nature will fix its own problems even when we are the problem. Somehow, bumblebees can fly. As nasty as an opossum looks, they may eat 50 ticks per day. Fire ants eat termites. If we want clean water, we should leave rain where it falls and stop running stormwater into the aquifer through storm wells.
Arthur Joseph McCaffrey
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? Mr. McCaffrey did not answer this question.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? Housing prices are too high. We need to find a way to bring it back down to the way it used to be some years ago. The current ECONOMY has been purposely sky-rocketed, which should not have been done. MINIMUM WAGE is what controls our ECONOMY. Also, the PROPERTY TAX modification that I intend to do will be to reduce certain PROPERTY TAX properties, and be able to repair many houses. There is more...
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? PROPERTY TAXES can be reduced... but not eliminated, because we need the REPAIR FUND to help poor people repair their homes.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? There are many solutions to lower UTILITIES. And it can be done. But the utility companies will be against it. Florida has the right to choose how UTILITIES are created. The UTILITY businesses do NOT own FLORIDA. Florida can choose the way they want it. And that is on my list of over 100 items to be done as GOVERNOR.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? All those VINES on so many trees need to be removed (they are literally taking over the whole State of Florida). Huge trees should not be grown right beside a house (due to HURRICANES). Big trees can be grown the same distance from a house as the tree’s growth height (it won’t be a law though). I feel that Florida has a good environment. The air is good. The water is good. The temperatures are good. Not much rubbish on the ground. If there are any issues, then we will fix them.
Daniel Nokovich
WEBSITE: www.nokovichforgovernor.com/
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them?
Top problem in Florida is the disunity of purpose and public civility. Solution: Return Florida back to the people and the people back to God.
Problem 2) Toxic water distribution to residents. Solution: Criminalize toxic water sales and distribution by companies and municipalities, and hold ministers of this precious resource accountable.
Problem 3) Florida has the 3rd highest sex/human trafficking statistic in the nation. Solution: focus our great FHP on this blight. Reward citizen involvement.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? Florida can expand land possession for individuals unable to access developed housing. Lower insurance rates, provide low-interest loans to individuals willing to be educated in business and counseled in a business venture.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? A yes would be the usual answer if the counties and cities were barred from raising the millage rates. Under the current property tax act, counties and cities are free to double their millage rates to compensate for the loss of tax revenue. [This is not true - see https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/florida-property-tax-amendment-ballot-language-summary.] Millage rates should be capped and older people should be exempt from millage rates. Cap the millage rates to less than 5% and remove all property tax fees, and I’m in.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? Deregulate and decentralize all utilities. Meaning, we should receive the money for solar panels instead of buying them for the likes of FPL. FPL has a monopoly and should be suited for breaking antitrust laws. Utility companies have condemned residential well water, and yet drill their own wells into the same aquifers and then treat the water with chemicals that we have to pay for.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? I would say the biggest environmental issue has to be Atmospheric Air Quality. We must prohibit the use of chemical delivery systems in our skies. We must stop weather modification operations over Florida.
Paul Renner
WEBSITE: voterenner.com/
Top problem/Your suggested solution: Affordability. Florida families are currently squeezed by rising property taxes, utility and housing costs, and insurance premiums. I will eliminate property taxes by shifting the tax burden toward tourists, real estate speculators, and new residents. My plan includes reducing homeowners’ insurance premiums by 20%. Lower electric rates will be made possible through transparency and accountability in the rate-setting process. I plan to pass an immediate moratorium on the construction of Hyperscale AI Data Centers that threaten Florida’s aquifer, land, and power grid, saving Floridians from rising electrical costs. We must make Florida affordable again.
Problem 2/Your suggested solution: Public safety and illegal immigration. Florida must remain a law-and-order state. I plan to stop public corruption by going after self-dealing by elected officials, lobbyists, and appointed officials. We will enforce illegal immigration laws, enact the death penalty for human trafficking of minors, and limit the death penalty appeal process to three years. I will pass an Open Carry law so we can strengthen Second Amendment rights and repeal gun ownership restrictions from the Parkland Bill. Florida will never become a sanctuary state if I am elected Governor.
Problem 3/Your suggested solution: Protect Health Freedom and our Environment. We should strengthen the Medical Freedom Act to end mandates and protect parental rights. I will enforce laws that prohibit geoengineering and weather modification. We will stop digital IDs and strengthen digital data privacy, while expanding Florida’s Wildlife Corridor and keeping a permanent moratorium on the development of state parks.
Why do you deserve to be elected in this race? I have the experience and record to lead Florida. I am a Navy veteran of 23 years, 2 wars, a former prosecutor, and Speaker of the Florida House from 2022-2024. As Speaker, I worked with Governor DeSantis to enact major conservative reforms, which included expanding educational freedom, protecting parents, restrictions on abortion, and measures that defended individual liberty. I don’t just talk about conservative principles; I have produced conservative results.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say housing affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? My affordability plan eliminates property taxes and reduces insurance costs so that buying a home is not just possible for Florida residents but also makes the home affordable. My plan limits future increases, provides relief for small businesses, and addresses insurance and utility costs. Florida must reduce the government-imposed costs that make homes more expensive while increasing the supply of housing. Most importantly, we must do this for Florida residents, not speculators or snowbirds. I support faster and more predictable permitting, being responsible in our development, protecting private-property rights, and cutting out unnecessary fees.
Please vote yes or no on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. Yes. Any means of providing property-tax relief is better than the system currently in place, which has allowed tax collections to grow faster than many families’ incomes. However, the proposed amendment does not go far enough. Florida should provide immediate relief without waiting for a constitutional amendment. If I am elected Governor, I will quickly eliminate property taxes on homesteaded property while protecting essential services.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? We must put Florida First, not Big Tech special interests. Residents of Florida should never subsidize the enormous electricity and infrastructure demands of Hyperscale AI Data Centers. I support a statewide halt on AI data-center development.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue the government should address in Florida? Protecting Florida’s water is our most urgent environmental responsibility. Our drinking-water supply, springs, rivers, wetlands, and the Everglades are important to public health, agriculture, tourism, and the quality of life for all Floridians. We must restore natural systems, improve our water infrastructure, prevent pollution and runoff that is harmful.
What is the single biggest issue the government should address when it comes to public education in Florida?
The most important issue is educational outcomes for students. Every child in Florida should graduate with the ability to read, write, reason, and be competitive in the job market. Florida must focus on academic achievement, discipline in the classroom, teacher quality, parental involvement, and supporting educational freedom. Funding matters and I support teacher salaries increases to be competitive with other states. However, the educational outcomes should remain our measure of success in Florida public education.
Do you agree with the current federal and state governments’ approaches to immigration enforcement? Why or why not? Yes, I will continue the proactive enforcement against illegal immigration that Governor DeSantis has established. Also, legal immigration must be orderly, merit-based, and consistent with our economic and security interests. For example, I will prohibit H-1B visas in state employment and state contracts.
Do you believe abortion restrictions in Florida should be more strict, less strict, or stay the same? I support life from the moment of conception through natural death. I was the champion of the Heartbeat Protection Act and an outspoken opponent to Amendment 4. Florida should support expectant mothers, strengthen adoption services, improve maternal healthcare, and support families who are raising children.
Rachel Rodriguez
WEBSITE: rachelforgov.com/
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? Ms. Rodriguez did not answer this question.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? We must make Homeowner insurance affordable, reform HOA regulation to require regular community approval for association, reduce property insurance with balancing Live Local Act rebates for developers, and to relieve the rest of the budget for Floridians, promote food sovereignty and security: update outdated regulations, create tax-free zones for food processing-related companies and basic food needs removed from sales tax, even while all tax moves from production-side to consumption-side tax.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? YES - as a moral matter, real property belongs to the owner and the state should not be able to take it by eminent domain, or redistribute it to a developer, nor force the owner to pay “rent” on its use through property tax with the threat of foreclosure. Property tax penalizes production of wealth, and we should be incentivizing production and capital gains for all Floridians instead.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? The real threat regarding AI data centers is the Surveillance State, and Florida should reject surveilling Floridians. We can compete with technological updates by decentralization of AI development. AS for the centers already built, we must enforce contractual agreement terms and regulations that require the centers not to tax the utility grid. The data centers can be built in an essentially self-contained manner, so any pull on Florida resources of energy and water is unacceptable.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Right now, the disaster prevention infrastructure needs to be updated, as a matter of both environmental protection and the safety and security of Floridians. Additionally, our aquifer system level is at dangerous levels for the environment and for our water supply, and our coastlines need to be protected. We can hold developers to standards of self-sustaining construction and incentivize environmentally protective solutions from our state’s top talent to steward our natural resources.
James W. Shaw
WEBSITE: www.votejim.us/
NOTE: Mr. Shaw did not respond to our request to fill out the survey. What follows is information gleaned from his campaign website.
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? Based strictly on what’s stated on votejim.us (mostly via the homepage content/video titles), he emphasizes:
- Stopping AI / AI data centers
- Education “back to basics” + homeschooling
- Growth/sprawl & land protection
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? The site does not spell out an affordability plan (housing/insurance/taxes, etc.). It does show he’s focused on utility/safety/AI/sprawl/education, but no explicit affordability solutions are stated in the extracted text.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? The site content does not state a YES/NO position on that amendment and does not describe any plan to replace revenue.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? The site strongly signals opposition to AI data centers (“I Will Protect Us… From AI Data Centers”).
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Not stated as a single “biggest” issue, but he emphasizes protecting Florida land and opposing urban/residential sprawl.
Caneste Succe
WEBSITE: succeforgovflorida.com/
NOTE: Mr. Succe did not respond to our request to fill out the survey. What follows is information gleaned from his campaign website.
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them?
- Restoring agriculture & self-reliance — strengthen local farming/food security by “encouraging Floridians to grow their own gardens, support local farmers, and create communities that are self-reliant in food resources,” and “restore the homestead focus.”
- Prison reform through rehabilitation — shift prisons toward “places of transformation” by “investing in effective rehabilitation programs” to reduce relapse into crime, save taxpayer dollars, and build safer communities.
- Ending paycheck-to-paycheck living (cost of living / economic strain) — “building an economy that works for everyone” by supporting small businesses, creating “equitable infrastructure for families to grow income,” and “opening new avenues for entrepreneurship.”
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? He frames it as “No More Living Paycheck to Paycheck” and says he would:
- Support small businesses (noting they’re being crushed by red tape, unfair competition, and lack of support)
- Create equitable infrastructure for families to grow income
- Open new avenues for entrepreneurshipHe also says Florida should be a place “where hard work pays off” and where people aren’t forced to choose between necessities like rent and food.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? Not stated on the site.
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? Not stated on the site.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Not stated as an environmental issue; the closest related content is his emphasis on agriculture, land, and food supply resilience, but he doesn’t label a specific environmental priority.
Bobby Williams
WEBSITE: bwflgov.com/
If elected, what are the THREE most pressing problems you want to address, and what do you suggest to solve them? Mr. Williams did not answer this question.
According to a University of North Florida poll, Floridians say affordability is their top issue. What are your solutions for dealing with Florida’s affordability issue? Stop big corporations from buying up housing and creating a false real estate and rental market. Replace boards to not allow any increases. Property tax relief. Quit allowing private companies to sell our water and get our water bills cheaper.
Will you vote YES or NO on the constitutional amendment to slash property taxes and explain your position. How would you replace lost revenue – fees and/or service reductions? Yes - I use the metaphor of a spoiled, rotten teenager who has access to their parents’ credit cards. When will they ever quit spending? The answer is when you take it away from them. So to stop these counties from wasteful spending, we have to not allow them access to. It’s going to put more money into the taxpayers’ pockets
Utility costs are rising for customers in Florida, and the proliferation of data centers is expected to exacerbate that issue. How should Florida’s utility regulators respond? We have to have boards appointed by the governor who is not going to allow these utility companies to keep robbing the citizens of Florida. We have to quit allowing the utility companies to donate to campaigns that get people voted in that will allow them to keep making profits. Also, foreign entities should not own our utility companies.
What do you think is the biggest environmental issue your government should address in Florida? Stop spraying and allowing corporations to pollute our waters.