'We didn't have Surfside then.' Charlie Crist reflects on 2010 repeal of inspection law
Source: USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist is defending his 2010 decision to repeal a condominium inspection law that has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the tragic building collapse in Surfside.
Operatives have attacked Crist, who from 2007 to 2011 served as Florida's Republican governor. Crist, speaking at an appearance in Sarasota on Wednesday, suggested no one had the value of hindsight 11 years ago when lawmakers did away with mandatory condo inspections for structural safety every five years.
"We didn't have Surfside then," he said.
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MyOwnPeace
(16,951 posts)my parents would go to SURFSIDE, FLORIDA for their summer vacations. I went with them up until 1969 when I had to stay home because I had to work to pay college bills!
I was last there with them in 1971 when I traveled with them and my new bride.
How many people does he expect to actually believe that lie?
Warpy
(111,437 posts)or thereabouts, so he had both the town and the condo so I wonder just what the hell he's trying to say, except "don't look at me, I didn't read that shit, I just signed it if the developers wanted me to."
Blues Heron
(5,951 posts)By "Surfside" he means "The condo collapse that happened in Surfside"
At least that's how I read it. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)In that the damage to the condo might have been found and repaired earlier so there would NOT have been the collapse.
marybourg
(12,648 posts)financiers were unknown in FL before this recent collapse.
patphil
(6,251 posts)Hindsight kicks in when you're no longer running for office, and the glare of all that cash has subsided.
marble falls
(57,479 posts)... He could alwus say, "Hey, whadidya 'spect? I wuz GOP, then!" or "The Lege did it, I jes' signed oft!"
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)I'm in Delray Beach. There are Republicans all around me.
marble falls
(57,479 posts)... he'll look personally responsible.
Hekate
(91,003 posts)On the other hand, clearly he thinks WE are stupid.
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)As usual, he's full of shit.
mackdaddy
(1,530 posts)Now, this is the result.
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BootinUp
(47,211 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)Does he think he's helping his case? "Building were not falling down when we were inspecting them for safety on a regular basis... How were we supposed to know that if we stopped inspections they might collapse? You gotta try it to know for sure"
These people...
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)pointing out that the Surfside death total is nowhere near the COVID death toll under Dead Boy Ron DeSantis.
Mysterian
(4,601 posts)and expressing his profound regret.
vanlassie
(5,695 posts)Except structural engineers.
Reminds me of Condi Rice.
And COVID deniers.
Theres a pattern here.
Polybius
(15,522 posts)What I don't get is switching all of your positions. It comes across as not standing for anything.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)...is exactly the mindset that brought us to this point in the climate crisis.
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)...due to structural issues before it was repealed.