IT TAKES A WHILE

Not too many people are willing to compromise even to their own detriment, so it’s refreshing when two or three Florida State Republicans are at least showing concern for us citizens. This week there’s a meeting arranged by one Republican State Senator dealing with insurance and sinkholes which is on the mind of every homeowner in our community.

The county we live in is considered the sinkhole capital of our state. The only insurance we can get now is through the Citizens Insurance Company which was created shortly before we had all the hurricanes which devastated the state. All the major insurance companies raised their rates so very few owners could afford to pay them. Some people opted to pay the high premiums. All the major companies stopped writing policies on storm damage, but they’re still willing to insure your cars or any accident you might be in. It’s been stated that all the laws coming out of Tallahassee, our state capital, regarding insurance are controlled by lobbyists who represent the large insurance companies that refuse to insure storm and sinkhole problems.

Now our beloved Citizens Insurance Company won’t write sinkhole insurance anymore, though we will still be covered if our house in uninhabitable. That means if our house and all our possessions fall down a big hole, we’ll be OK. In the meantime, Citizens is cutting many of the things that were in our original policy, but are still trying to raise our rates thirty per cent.

It takes a while for people to understand what goes on in our state. I saw a sticker on someone’s car yesterday that said “I’m a Proud Member of the Florida State Republican Party” and I said to myself “that’s one stupid SOB”!

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