The message states the exclusive purpose of the Session will be to consider bills regarding property insurance, reinsurance, changes to the Florida building code, the Office of Insurance Regulation, civil remedies and appropriations. No bills for the Session have been filed yet, but DeSantis gave a clue as to what remedies will be on the table in his proclamation.
The proclamation notes the industry has experienced two straight years of at least $1 billion in underwriting losses, and several companies have gone bankrupt or refused to renew hundreds of thousands of policies. He issued the official proclamation Tuesday, setting the dates for the Session from May 23 to 27. Ron DeSantis sets property insurance Special Session for late May ” via Gray Rohrer of Florida Politics - DeSantis is calling the Legislature back for a Special Session to stabilize Florida’s rickety property insurance market. It is never too late to do the right thing. The problem is that it is a wasteful distraction in the long-shot effort to unhorse DeSantis. Nikki and Charlie are both center-left Democrats whose differences on the fundamental issues are not earthshaking. The problem is not that a contested Democratic primary will be fatally divisive.
Is it time for Democrats to consolidate and keep their eyes on the prize? She is not going to win the Democratic nomination, and her continued candidacy will only deplete resources - hers and Charlie’s - available to be deployed in the General Election against DeSantis, who already has more money than God. That said, I would be of the opinion that Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried should drop out of the Governor’s race for the good of the order, even if I had never met Charlie. Not the least of my reasons, however, is loyalty. There are many reasons for this, ranging from a sincere belief that the affable and experienced Crist is the candidate best suited to govern Florida in these contentious times to a visceral aversion to the dour, right-wing, beetle browned pugnacity of Ron DeSantis.
The circumstances of this column require full disclosure: I support Charlie Crist in the Governor’s race.
In an op-ed exclusive to Florida Politics, veteran consultant Mac Stipanovich casts an eye on the Democratic race for Governor.