It’s a local Florida story and multi-faceted. However, for the bigger national audience the issue that should be considered is that Ron DeSantis and the Florida Republican party took $9+ million in campaign contributions from state energy providers, then approved the biggest electricity rate hikes in Florida history.
Additionally, and more obscure in the outcome, the Public Service Commission (Public Utility Commission, or PUC), after being filled with DeSantis appointees, informed the electricity providers they no longer needed to report the number of residents who were disconnected from utility service due to nonpayment.
One could make the intellectual and political argument, the scale of disconnection -which is quite alarming- would be averse to the interests of Governor DeSantis seeking a higher office.
Like much of the country, electricity rates in Florida have skyrocketed with the increase in natural gas prices. However, unlike much of the country, most Florida residents have only one option for electrical utility power. The rate of disconnection in Florida amid lower income and working families is far greater than almost any other state. Florida is quickly becoming a class-driven society with haves and have-nots.
FLORIDA – […] In November 2021, Florida’s Public Service Commission (PUC) issued a memorandum allowing electric utilities to stop disclosing their shutoff data. The memorandum, which reversed the commission’s September 2020 decision to collect the data to track the pandemic’s effects on utility customers, came after DeSantis stacked the board with his appointees. The move came less than a month after commission members approved the largest electric rate hike in Florida’s history, resulting in a 20 percent increase in costs to residential ratepayers.
Now it’s impossible to know how many customers have been disconnected from their electric utilities for being unable to pay their increasing power bills. NextEra — the parent company of Florida’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light — disconnected 738,000 Floridians in 2021 and 1.1 million Americans nationwide since 2020, according to a report from Bailout Watch last month. If that disconnection rate continued, noted the report, NextEra would have shut off 1.2 million customers in 2022. But we do not know the total, because the DeSantis-appointed Florida PUC allowed them to hide the data.
[…] In early December, the Bailout Watch report noted, Florida regulators approved a fuel rider, or a cost increase tied to the price of fuel, allowing utilities to pass the cost of higher fuel prices to consumers, without affecting their enormous profits. Company executives have been handsomely rewarded for such political wins. Top executives at NextEra gave themselves a 59 percent raise between 2020 to 2021. (read more)
One of the reasons I became confident last year that Ron DeSantis was planning a 2024 presidential bid, was the one-and-done nature of his focus.
Florida working class residents are under extreme economic duress as a result of unavoidable increases in energy costs (home cooling), massive increases in insurance costs (tripling of homeowners, doubling of auto), skyrocketing housing costs (largest in nation) and these financial struggles are atop general inflation costs driven by national economic policy.
Throughout 2022 Governor DeSantis focused almost exclusively on social issue constructs, and the economic policies of Florida -while more challenging to address- have been exclusively unattended. From the 30,000 ft level, the disconnect in executive priority becomes more explainable when you consider the management team was assembling a policy strategy for media and public consumption.
Throughout my research and review on the managers and background of DeSantis team, it just became obvious (mid-summer ’22) there was a longer-term plan in the background, created in the latter part of 2021 and everything thereafter -a severe emphasis on social issues- was a political management and national branding approach. If you overlay the hindsight timelines, including the PUC story, one can see the proactive political construct to control any negative issues.
Regardless of where his national political intentions land, moving forward Florida residents -especially the working poor and working class- are going to be faced with severe and worsening financial hardship, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will likely not be around to see or address most of it as it surfaces publicly. That is an unfortunate and depressing realization.
I don’t dislike the guy, I’m just heartbroken at what I see happening in my state.
Again, reason 10,001 to never vote for a Lawyer Politician…..Ron DeSantis is a Lawyer, a career Politician Lawyer who’s never ran a business, never worked in the private sector and has never made payroll….Almost 50% of Congress are Lawyers….All the same as DeSantis…..
Our Republic is/has been overwhelmingly destroyed by Lawyers…That’s a Fact……
The problem with all those lawyers in Congress is that the great majority of them, past and present were graduates of Harvard and/or Yale.
It wasn’t always that way…Maybe from the 70’s or so.
True to the bone!!
Follow the money. He is getting it from globalist billionaires. He doesn’t have a dime without their backing. Look who is endorsing him: Jeb Bush? Paul Ryan? Give me a break! They’re all losers. DeSanctimonious couldn’t care less about the MAGA base than the turtle does. Trump is the man! Nobody owns him, he is with us!
Yes!!!
Although, in fairness….many of our founders were also lawyers. Just a friendly observation, very similar professions. Politicians make the laws, and lawyers represent/argue over the laws.
Politicians used to make the laws many years ago. Today, powerful lobbyists and corporate attorneys make the laws. Members of congress are then paid to sell those laws to other members, and get them pushed into the code of federal regulations. It has not been not your father’s civics for a very, very long time.
True!
I don’t think he is great either. We know he is running. My dear old Dad would have told him, “S**T or get off the pot!
In Texas several years ago, prior to the nightmare regulations of deregulation the Railroad Commission that also handled issue with the electric power system stopped collecting data on the number of customers that lost electric service. Run the clock ahead a few years and thousands of people are without power for many days during a winter storm. No accounting for the reason for this extended outage or comparisons with prior winter storms. One reason no data. Why did this happen. Because those in power wanted it this way. That is what is happening in Florida. It is also happening all over the country. The big squeeze is on.
I would like to point out that passing on the cost of fuel increase has been happening all over the country. Shell companies are formed so the energy companies can point to some phantom that is causing the cost of electricity to rise. No one is talking about windfall profits or enormous profits from a commodity that was not scarce until it was sent overseas to areas where crisis have been created. I believe you haven’t seen anything yet. It is only going to get worse. The evil that is controlling the world at this point is not going to suddenly change and become nice people. The plan is a long time in the making and now the hoard is upon us.
Yes, and nobody talks about $10/barrel oil, which was bankrupting small drillers like me in 1997.
You can’t just plug or turn off an oil property, like a spigot, you have to keep it maintained and operational, no matter if you get $10/bbl or $100/bbl.
that was caused by Greenspan’s mismanagement of monetary policy, letting the price of gold fall, leading to the price of oil following and also the SE Asia crisis, at debtors in the SE Asia property business suddenly were faced with paying much more valuable dollars in real terms, ie, paying back the equivalent value of 2 houses
http://wanniski.com/ssu/ssu-020517.htm
I seem to remember a certain American “prophet” saying
“Energy prices will necessarily sky rocket” in order to save us from the dreaded Global Warming.
BTW it was -15 Degrees Centigrade in parts of Scotland last night.
We even cancelled our golf today.
Anytime the government HIDES unfavorable statistics and data … you know you’re living in a totalitarian police State.
Find the missing word to complete the phrase:
Lets Go _ _ _ _ _ _ _!
DESANTIS
DeSwampis
DeSanka
DeSoros
Chef boy RD
I like that!
Meatball
The payoff is obvious. And now that I’m better educated on how these gams are played (thanks, SD), every time someone on our side trying to make a big deal out of taking on woke this and that, I know they are reading the same playbook. I pay attention to which issues they are *not* talking about – namely, immigration, trade, national defense (and panning the Ukraine deal), and so on. That’s a tell.
Real money is moving to Florida. These hedge funds bring down 100’s of people that make $10-20 million a year. Our neighborhoods in Tampa have completely turned over. I recognize no one walking past my house. I know they are from out of state. Then you have the 100’s of thousands moving here buying the 1,200 sq ft cookie cutter home all across the center of the state. We have a lake place outside Ocala. There was nothing there forever and now there is 50 developments with 100 homes. I hate seeing our state develop so quickly. Why can’t we charge a hefty fee (say $5,000-10,000) to everyone that wants to move here? I-75 is now a death trap.
I thought Florida already tried a hefty “Impact Fee” but it was struck down?
Are you a Florida native?
We still have impact fees on vehicles. Costs a pretty penny to bring a vehicle in from out of state.
I just came back from a month in the Panhandle. Every direction you look, they are building multimillion $ houses. Nothing cheaper. Several local people confirmed that most are bought with cash. These houses are not even near the water. Ones near the Gulf are 10 mil+. I can’t comprehend that there are so many people who can buy multi-million $ houses, especially for cash. I feel for you TB.
Where do you think much of the stimy/QE money went since 2008?
The top 1-5%! Asset bubbles (e.g., housing, stocks, bonds) are great…if you have access/resources to credit and can leverage. Until they implode….of course.
It’s really a shame what is happening to FL. From what I saw on the west coast, (pre-Ian) most of the coast line is already ruined. Everything is huge beehive high-rises on private property and there is very little public access to the beaches. The local multi-millionaires keep the peasants off the beaches by making sure there is nowhere to park for anyone who doesn’t own beach front property or who can’t afford to stay in a luxury hotel. When I was there, they were in the process of bulldozing a good part of the parking lot on one of the only public beaches near Sarasota. There is also no such thing as driving down the coast and looking at beautiful views of the Gulf. The reality is that a “drive along the beach” is being in bumper-bumper traffic for hours for the privilege of looking at the backside of high-rises. Most of the area outside of the beaches is also approaching gridlock traffic day and night. It’s not a very appealing environment in my opinion. Hopefully the rest of FL isn’t like that. If it’s all not ruined yet, they would be wise to set up a Coastal Commission to control building on the coast line.
As the disparity between the “haves” and the “have-nots” escalates in FL, I suspect there will be growing civil unrest and crime. Especially on those hot days where the Have-Nots get tired of the fact that they can no longer pay their rent, utility bills, or even take their kids to the beach to escape the heat.
I have had 3 realtors ask about my just over 1000 sf home in the last 2 months.
Yup. Major pain in the rear where I live – transportation infrastructure (i.e., roads) is overwhelmed. Huge developments everywhere, new Costcos, etc. The developers control FL in many respects – for better or for worse.
You don’t dislike the guy? What is there to like about a person that would do these things to the overwhelming majority of his constituents? My answer is “nothing.”
The packaging is meaningless. The substance is rotten. To the core.
Exactly
I dislike him too. He’s a scheming weasel, dishonest and filled with self interest while having thin skin. He’s a long-term member of the professional political class. He voted for the TPP. Never forget. He’s a globalist shill.
This is so fixable. We should never have abandon cheap fossil fuel. I think even Biden’s people know this now. But, stupid is as stupid does.
So, we go on worshiping at the altar of Climate Change throwing away all financial well-being.
Biden’s people knew it way beforehand. If only they were just stupid.
I have been reading stories for months on TS and Telegram of Florida residents pointing out these issues that SD has outlined. They said rental has gone through the roof and that home insurance has tripled.
Am not saying I won’t be here complaining in 6 months. Own 1500 square ft. Villa in Naples. Electric bill I just received was $80. Water bill $200.
Insurance bills as follows. 2000 Nissan Rogue = $ 900 per year. Property taxes on $400,000 villa = $2000 per year.
Just got letter from citizens insurance that we MUST show proof of flood insurance. Homeowners and wind= $1200. Flood = $1500. Have not received my 2023-24 updated insurance bill . Should receive in June and will give updates if requested
Have lived in sw fl. for 25 years and did have to go back to work in the last 12 months.
No mortgage , hoa fees of $300 per month.
“Release me from the bondage of self so I am more available to do God’s will.
I also live in SW Florida and have lived here for 40 years. It saddens me to see SW Fl become the home of nonstop construction of new homes etc. I would like to follow the telegram channels as stated above. Can you please provide. Thank you.
One other note the community where I live are mostly seniors where the COVID lie continues. Just recently a notice was sent out informing the community to mask up and all social activities cancelled because of an outbreak of COVID. It blows my mind that most individuals have been vaxxed and boosted here and still believe the lie. What happened to the baby boomer generation? Florida is not a free state. Same Sh** goes on here as up north.
Maybe when you read local news stories, the left-wing bias isn’t as noticeable to you. That article is pure communist claptrap like most economic news stories. Statements like passing on energy price increases while maintaining their enormous profits betray the author as an economic nitwit and likely marxist which of course most journalists are.
As to your complaints, I live in exactly the same county and my auto insurance rate is still not quite back to the pre pandemic level. It dropped in half at one point. I don’t own a home but, my sister just had her insurance cancelled and found a replacement at about 1.5 times her previous rate. My father bought a condo in 2018 and I don’t think he has even seen a rate increase. A couple neighbors complained theirs went higher but, there are many factors involved in underwriting insurance.
Buc anecdotal stories aside, if Florida is in such dire shape as you paint it, why are we growing so fast with people flocking in from around the nation? Are you trying to help stop this?
Maybe you missed the part where I mentioned the new Class system currently underway.
Yes, people flocking to Florida do not work here. The people working here are being driven out by the costs mentioned in the article.
No doubt majority of people moving to sw fl. , whether for 6 months or 12 months are retirees with $ or excellent pensions.
I work security at a very upscale outdoor mall across from the gulf in Naples. The amount of people that have 2 or 3 other residences is neuseating.
I have stated here before that the people that have$ , have too much and the majority of people not enough. With inflation , we will see much more unrest once the snap decreases ($90 and $250) filter through the system. Naples and much of sw fl by the gulf is not affordable for many. Probably including me soon.
These ingratiates who are living of the largess of taxpayer funded pensions , some of them double dipping collecting two at a time ,most of who haven’t contributed any meaningful resources to fund them will soon destroy the state of Florida .
If you disagree just look to the states where they came from like New Jersey.
In many cases if you were to give the total earned income they receiver before taxes and gave it to Warren Buffet he couldn’t generate enough money to pay their benefit packages.
Logic would lead you to think they would be appreciative of such largess,instead ,in most cases ,you would be wrong in thinking so.
I live in a New Jersey town full of them.
Their motto is don’t confuse me with the facts just keep sending me my monthly benefits.
They make me sick.
No pension here, unfortunately. Born near exit 91. Spent my first 45 years there. Have brother and sister in freehold and manasquan. See you down here soon.😀😀
That’s right, they would just run you down and take the last $20 you have saved for groceries, to pay themselves.
Typical gov’t employees.
I bet they all find a way to profit from any hurricanes, cause thats what such people do.
Everyone of them living on the Jersey shore seemed to have benefited financially from the hurricane.
Not only were many able to have their homes made much more valuable with the help of federal and state largess but to add insult to injury the massive infrastructure expenditures also improved the overall improvement of the localities.
It was one big money grab.
Many of the homes there are still involved with litigation due to the bullshit that went on.
Little seaside towns with modest quaint summer homes turned into three story money pits in stilts with three zoned HVAC systems and elevators as far as the eye can see.
Thousands of the transformed over night.
These are the people now selling their primary residence to move to Florida.
Enjoy the privilege to have these beautiful people as neighbors because in their mind they feel that your knowing them is just that.
They will support anyone politically who will enable them to continue benefiting from any gravy train they can promis them.
No matter how destructive to the common good.
The speed that your state becomes ruined will be shocking to any real Floridians .
Ocala is becoming unaffordable, amid nonstop development everywhere. 75 thru Ocala is impassible every weekend from Friday midday thru Sunday night.
I’m told by a real estate agent who dropped by that my place, which I bought in 2014, is now worth 5x what I paid for it. Tempting to sell, buy a nice RV, and go see the country.
Alabama is still pretty affordable.
I love it here.
Those snap decreases take effect this month or next month.
Where are the displaced people going?
I can confirm that I know many NYers who have moved to FL, not necessarily rich folks, who nevertheless seem to be biding their time (a long time) finding new jobs.
I am not arguing with Sundance, but the cost of electricity is probably the same or more in other states. Evergy in Kansas also has no competitors where I live, and the cost per KWH to a residential customer was approximately $0.16 on my last two bills. It seems to go up every month. During the summer I keep the thermostat set at 80°F, and last summer my average monthly bill for June to August was over $300 in our modest home of 2000 square feet. The only solution (or so say my friends) is to install roof-top solar, which I do not have the home equity line of credit (nor the income) to afford.
High utility bills are not confined to Florida. We are all suffering the same fate. In fact, our heating bills far exceed anything Floridians and Texans pay, since we have no choice but to heat our homes in the winter. I keep our thermostat set at 65°F in the winter despite the cries of wife and kids, and our gas bills still approach $300 per month in December, January, and the early part of February.
What actually seems unusual to me is the requirement to publicize disconnections. I would not oppose that regulation, but I have never heard of that being done anywhere else. In fact, from another perspective it seems to be a violation of privacy if your disconnection notice (with your name and/or address) becomes public knowledge.
Regarding the other costs, again the same thing is happening — inflated property values which increase property taxes and home insurance rates. Our home tax valuation increased 30% over the past 3 years, which lead to a sizable increase in property taxes and home insurance fees. This is typical in the city where I live — many properties in higher-end subdivisions have increased even more in assessed value over the same period of time. The county assessor “adjusts” the assessed property values every year, announcing the latest rate with a letter that comes out at the beginning of March. “Adjust” always means INCREASE. In my experience it never DECREASES. His recent letter explained that this situation is due to high demand and low supply in the housing market. Duh. Specifically those two factors are due in part to the high costs of labor and materials, thanks to the policies of the current administration running our country.
Sundance asked Treepers to relate their energy cost experiences several weeks ago.
The response was epic, many were blessed and crossing their fingers to stay that way, many related nightmares that I can barely get my head around.
Florida is suffering some issues that are not universal, some that are increasingly crushing those not of the new high caste Floridians, and this is far from the first observation Treepers have seen regarding this.
Regarding disconnections, it’s not about publicizing who, it’s about reporting the numbers. They no longer do, so they can hide that the economy DeSinkhole is presiding over is hurting an increasingly large number of people.
I think you misunderstand; its making public THE # of disconnections for non-payment, NOT WHO has been disconnected.
Which opacity harms the poor and working class as their plight simply doesn’t register.
It’s the opposite of publicizing them, it’s burying them.
All the better to ignore them.
Either way, published or not the disconnection of electricity for non payment still occur. I don’t see how this directly harms any particular person.
Things cost money. Use the services and you get a bill. Don’t pay it and you get disconnected. That’s not new.
You aren’t arguing that electrify should be free, as far as I can tell, so what does publishing the number of disconnects do for those disconnected?
Does the lack of the data mask the trendline? Sure and in that I would agree on the need for data. The success of FL and the failure elsewhere has created a push/pull migration to Florida.
The population is growing. The incoming people will need housing, electric and other services. That increased demand carries increased costs for all residents.
It’s an unfortunate side effect of having a good business and regulatory climate with common sense slate of elected officials. Could be worse and have all the problems of the places these new residents are running from.
In Tennessee our homeowners and car insurance went up $1,000 per year
Our electricity has gone up some, but not noticeably high
Our house tax went up very little…the TN legislature put their foot down a few years back and wouldn’t let a gouge happen.
My insurance agent here in WV told me today that all the national companies are raising their rates to pay for Ian. Allstate is one of her main carriers and she is frustrated by their increases. I’m switching all my insurance away from Allstate to save hundreds of $$.
That is true for all national insurers.
He is a RINO.
RINOs lie and cheat on their own constituents and friends.
It is a hallmark trait they have, and very telling.
Ron needs to deliberately muff his “presidential campaign” while pretending to do his best so he can avoid the wrath of his donors.
But…Karl Rove needs his paycheck.
DeSantis whiffed big time on this. He thought he could hide his RINO donors and sneak his way to the nomination. Now he’s being exposed more and more every day as an establishment stooge. I think he’s done as a presidential candidate for good whether he runs next year or in the future. If he had really wanted to be part of the MAGA movement he would of stayed in Trump’s good graces and he would have gotten the financial backing and the support to be a shoo in for 2028, but he let Karl Rove and the Bush family get into his head that he could be president without MAGA. Now look at the mess he’s in. DeSantis will never get my vote. If he’s still around to run in 2028 I’m definitely looking elsewhere for a candidate to support.
KL said at her CPAC speech, that she was approached by someone she knew, ‘representing people on the east coast’ conveying an offer if she would stay out of politics, for TWO YEARS.
Anyone doubt that offer was from the same backers of RDS?
I will be honest I did once sense a brief moment of inauthenticity with Kari, just once.
When she submitted to the Turning Point USA RDS coming out road show.
He came to claim her cred, not to share any he might’ve had.
Well said!
All politicians seem to be bought and paid for….none represent us
(not counting President Trump because he wasn’t and isn’t a politician; he is true MAGA through and through)
Again, KL told them to shove their offer.
This is yet another expose` that will get voters in states in addition to Florida checking the bottoms of their shoes to see what they may have stepped in and tracked into their homes. RDS is stinking more with each passing day.
Aha! Here is the ‘solution’. Create the problem and then offer the ‘solution’. Sundance is correct. Bugs are next. Hopefully this link will work: https://gab.com/TommyRobinsonOfficial/posts/109984955380567368
I don’t trust DeSantis. He seems to be quickly turning into a typical “say one thing, but do another” politician.
If Ron won’t be around, where will he be? I’m hoping it’s not in the WH.
I am not surprised in the least.
Elected officials need money to run for office. People and organizations who want favors from elected officials expect to get some return on the campaign contributions they dish out. The more they give the more they expect.
Meanwhile, voters foot the bill in every way to keep the grift going.
Does Vanguard and BlackRock also own the firms that have gained the leading shares of Wellington Management, and Wellington Management is the majority stockholder in Florida Power & Light?
President Trump could use some new Nicknames for FILTHY Ron. I have a few Desuggestions.
Chef Boy RD (fellow Treeper wrote this)
Ron Destablishment (fellow Treeper wrote this)
Ron DeSoros (fellow Treeper wrote this)
Ron DeSanctimonious
Ron Debackstabber
Ron DeSleazey
Ron Decension in the ranks
FILTHY RON DESANTIS (My Favourite)
Ron DeShiznit
Ron DeSockpuppet
Ron De Soiledpants
Ron DeSoreloser
Ron DeSellout
Ron DeSuperficial
Ron DeSuitcase full of cash
Ron Desimilar to Ted Cruz
Ron Desecond rate
Ron DeDontsaygay
Ron DeServesnothing
Lets grow Delist
Ron Deasshole?
DeSinkhole.
He’s a potemkin, fake, phoney construct.
Its not about reality, its about the image, the spin and reality doesn’t MATTER,…ALL that matters is what you can project.
And, since this seriously undermines the false narrative, it must be glossed over/covered up, its so obvious,…once you see the strings.
“Americas Governor”,…hah!
Regretable, yes but its EVERY State, and every COUNTRY, if the Globalists have their way.
Top Goof.
Funny, they haven’t run that one again apparently.
Sundance, I don’t understand your last sentence. You said you don’t dislike RDS but you don’t like what’s happening to your state.
.
Well after reading this article it sounds like you should dislike the guy. Desantis is doing everything the Bushes and the globalist want.
I dislike him because OBVIOUSLY he’s not MAGA!!
Just looking quickly, though, what impact does hurricane damage have on this story? People are still rebuilding. What is the story there?
He’s got Solar Panels selling like hotcakes. New ones going in my hood every day.
Solar panels work well when it’s decentralized and you live in the south (and of course other variables are right like you have a place to put them without shade, pointed towards the south, etc.). I hate the idea of doing solar at the utility level. But decentralized solar, where homeowners make power for themselves, saves me a ton on energy costs in Alabama.
When you have an all-electric home and do most of your driving in an EV (though we have an ICE pickup for times an EV won’t cut it), and 80% of your power is free from your solar system, it’s a freeing feeling to not worry about the Dims and their stupid energy polices raising energy prices to mess up our retirement financial planning.
I once had hopes for DeSantis. However nothing is ever as it seems.
Why would Trump supporters vote for DeSantis?
On the electricity issue, can anyone live in Florida without air conditioning?
DeSantis is being controlled. He looks like a dear in the headlights.
And, this tells you all you need to know about the people in power in Florida today.
“However, unlike much of the country, most Florida residents have only one option for electrical utility power.”
Where in this country do residents have a choice in who their electricity supplier is? Even in a state as large as California, there is only one supplier per residence. Nobody has a choice anywhere in this country.
Here is a list of California electric companies
https://uselectricgrid.com/electric-companies-in-california/
Sundance, looks like legacy Floridians have a window of time to identify challengers to primary DeSantis (I doubt he’ll be the 2024 nominee). Those challengers can leverage the hostile mainstream media to expose the cracks in his plan, showing the forgotten men and women of Florida getting crushed by a stampede of outside money. This, by the way, happens all over the country, over and over again. A clean, small, respectable town is descended on by outsiders fleeing city life. City leaders are flattered and flush with revenue and turn their attentions to the new constituents. Outsiders bid up, often with cash, on homes, pushing out local offers. Demand for housing pushes up prices further, even rentals double, until locals can’t afford to live there and have to move away.
Makes me glad I didn’t MOVE to FL! I thought about doing so, but I didn’t. One, I was concerned that the state could go Dem again; after all, DeSantis won by a scant 0.4% when he got in-way too close! That told me a Dem could win next time, thus undoing any good DeSantis may have done. Two, I don’t care for hurricanes; I’ll take the snow up north, TYVM. Three, I couldn’t afford to move to FL anyway, given the explosion of housing prices down there. I couldn’t afford anything decent down there without taking a mortgage. WTF would I do that when my house is paid off? Finally, and related to the previous point, I didn’t want to have to fix up another house again; given what I’d be able to afford in FL, I was looking at having to do that again-no thanks! My present abode is fixed up and in good shape, so I want to enjoy it.
The vigor with which this blog wants to take down DeSantis is amusing and unsettling. Now it’s appealing to a left wing alternative paper run by a speechwriter for Sanders as the go-to source? Does he do a daily search for anything anti-DeSantis and just goes with it? Everyone knows DeSantis is funded by the globalists. Why beat the dead horse? He’s still doing a 10x better job than 90% of the governors. So he clipped a customer list. 18 other states are doing the same thing. I’ll save my crit for when he drops the ball on China or pulling us out of the morass the Left has put us in. And then the final quote: “I like the guy but I’m sad about my state”. Dude, the whole nation is moving to your state. He must be doing something right.
He is only slightly better than Glenn Younkin my governor. Glenn really hasn’t delivered on anything major other than a 2021 election victory. They are so out of touch. People see these politicians for the puppets and clowns they really are after Trump’s authenticity.
I cannot vote in the General election. I will vote for Donald J Trump in the Primary here in Puerto Rico.
I’m not sure about much anymore … But, it is hard to dispute that everything trump says is true, or comes true …
So, there is no reason to doubt him …
And last, Soros backed DeSantis … Why?