Fast-tracked controversial bills from Florida lawmakers fuel DeSantis' presidential ambitions

[Zorro]

While Gov. Ron DeSantis schedules a book tour of early presidential primary states to promote “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival,” the Legislature is implementing his blueprint for Florida at an unprecedented pace.

The first week of April is the halfway mark of the Legislature’s annual 60-day session and already lawmakers have passed and DeSantis signed a bill to create one of the country’s largest taxpayer funded private school voucher programs.

Big ticket items or ones that may include a hefty price tag traditionally are held up in committees until the horse trading and session ends when a state budget is finalized. But not this year.

Lawmakers have also sent, and DeSantis signed an $800 million affordable housing plan, and a tort measure supporters say will lower the cost of property insurance even as it spurred a lawsuit logjam with tens of thousands of lawsuits flooding the offices of court clerks in the days before the law could take hold.

A measure to loosen restrictions on firearms and allow permitless carry of guns also bulleted through the legislature and is now on the way to the governor's desk.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/03/florida-legislative-session-desantis-racks-up-big-early-wins-heres-why/70051622007/

[Phoenix61]

1. It's not an affordable housing plan. Is finding to help

people make the down payment and they cut property taxes which go to the county, not the state. It also has a position to supersede local zoning and forbids rent control. So much for local government.