Candidate for Florida State Senate - District 11 in 2024 Florida General Election.
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Get StartedThe State Legislature has enacted, the Governor has signed and the State Supreme Court has upheld a ban on abortion at six weeks, when most women do not know they are pregnant. The citizens of this state have shown their opposition by signing over one million petitions that would put a woman's right to make her own health care decisions in the State Constitution. This November I urge everyone to vote YES on Amendment 4. Learn more
The science is real. Climate Change is not a hoax. And Florida is Ground Zero. Rising temperatures will have a devastating effect on our state and our way of life; the heat is bringing wildlife, insects and diseases north from Central and South America, weather patterns are changing and warmer oceans are creating more, and more intense storms, and melting ice is raising ocean levels, causing increased flooding, even on sunny days. The solutions exist, but here in Florida the political will to apply the solutions does not. Learn more
Florida is a beautiful place but it is rapidly being paved over and its natural resources and wild spaces destroyed in order to build, build, build! Wildlife, having no place to go are now living in backyards. Endangered species are even more endangered. Loss of natural ground cover leads to more runoff and higher temperatures. There needs to be some balance between growth and nature. Learn more
Florida also needs environmentally-wise elected officials who understand science and recognize that Climate Change is an existential crisis Learn more
The State is chipping away at the ability of local governments - Counties and Municipalities - to enact rules that exceed limits imposed by the State. A recent example is a bill, just signed by the Governor, that forbids local governments from requiring heat breaks for outdoor workers that exceed what the State already mandates. The fact that conditions vary throughout the state is disregarded. Learn more
No, I do not want to take everyone's guns away! But we need some sanity in who gets to own what kind of gun and some agreement on licensing, training, safe storage and gun owners' responsibility for the use of their firearms. Children should not have unfettered access to whatever guns are in their home. Parents should be held responsible for their kid's action. We need to stop the slaughter of school children in school - a place that should be a safe space. Learn more
Florida is fast becoming unaffordable; rising housing costs including out-of-control home owners insurance premiums have priced many people out of the state. Yet the current Legislature has done nothing to rein in insurance costs. Learn more
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