Colonel Darren McCauley

Unfortunately, folks in Florida 15 have been crushed by economic burdens, including the homeowners crisis, homeowners insurance, and various other types of insurance, rising utility bills,

And then at the same time, we see our federal government turning its back on us and cutting off support for things that are desperately needed.

You mentioned earlier cutting FEMA.

This disaster tax, which is basically what any cut to FEMA is, means that our state government has been complicit in the federal government hampering us and cutting off funds that we would need in order to prepare for a storm or clean up after a storm.

and passing that cost on to us.

Our insurance rates are going to go up and go even higher as we have to prepare for medical costs, for building costs, and to get ready before a storm and to deal with the aftermath of a storm.

And when we're already faced with two to three times the national average in terms of homeowners insurance, car insurance, and really any type of insurance, health insurance, dental insurance,

that is crushing Central Florida families.

When I speak to folks in the district, they are very clear that they don't think that Alligator Alcatraz is in line with their values.

It's not how we want to be represented as a state.

We don't want to be the shining example for taking people's freedoms away.

We would like to be the shining example for helping our communities and helping our neighbors to be able to achieve a real cost of living.

She is not representing the needs of people in the district, but instead is really pandering to corporate interests and special interests.

I mentioned the insurance costs.

Laura Lee has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance companies and their lobbyists.

As a former lobbyist, she really knows how to work within that sphere and make this corporate money, make special interests her priority.

Here in Tampa Bay, we had Florida Power and Light, which is one of the main utility companies, has a de facto monopoly on utilities companies.

recently roll out the highest rate hike in history, whereby when they're finished, folks in Tampa are gonna be paying the highest rates for utilities in the nation.

So we're gonna be paying more for utilities, not because of usage, but because of the highest rates.

Similarly, you see this through line where Congresswoman Lee, instead of standing up for the community and saying, hey, this is hundreds of dollars that are coming out of the pockets of my constituents every month, is there something that we can do to mitigate this, is quiet as a church mouse.