Issues

Jobs and Economy

• Foster a pro-business environment that creates the best paying jobs and ensures economic prosperity
• Cut bureaucratic red tape and overregulation that stifles job creation and economic growth
• Eliminate all forms of corporate welfare that give taxpayer dollars to Fortune 500 companies and owners of professional sports franchises

Environment

• Promote the appropriate use of Florida Forever funds to acquire and manage land for future generations.
• Address the potential for saltwater intrusion into the South Florida acquifer.
• Prevent further development west into the Everglades.

Education

• Invest in early childhood education initiatives
• Fight for greater accountability to ensure our tax dollars are invested directly into classrooms
• Ensure better pay for teachers – not bonuses for bureaucrats
• Opposing federal mandate that limit opportunities for our children and grandchildren
• Support an increase in per-student funding for VPK and K-12 students.
• Expand Florida’s best and brightest program to compensate our most effective teachers.
• Provide elementary teachers with $500 stipends to purchase materials and resources for our youngest students.

Public Safety

• Ensuring police officers and first responders have the resources necessary to keep our children and schools safe
• Working with our police departments to increase the number patrols and officers in our neighborhoods
• Enhancing communication between our residents and police departments to optimize response time

Traffic and Tolls

• Lower the cost of tolls and bring relief to everyone who drives on our roads and expressways
• Advocate for solutions to alleviate traffic by advancing Miami-Dade County’s Smart Plan
• Explore new modes of transportation like bus rapid transit and trolley systems

Taxes

• Oppose all tax increases – including hidden fee increases
• Fight to lower property taxes and increase the homestead tax exemption for seniors over the age of 65
• Support pro-business tax cuts and legislation

Lowering Property Insurance Rates

• Eliminating fraud, abuse, and frivolous lawsuits that lead to rate increases
• Advocating for lower property insurance rates – particularly by opening the marketplace to new insurance companies
• Fighting to change rules and regulations to help consumers after natural disasters
• Holding insurance companies accountable to consumers, not to their bottom line

Healthcare

• Enhance and expand the use of telemedicine.
• Promote a value-based model of healthcare that promotes comprehensive treatment — and, therefore, healthier patients.
• Expand health insurance access to Florida’s 230,000 uninsured children.

Housing

• Prevent the “sweeping” of funds to fill budget holes from the Sadowski Fund, which was meant to encourage affordable housing.
• Lower homeowners insurance rates by addressing frivolous “assignment of benefits” lawsuits
• Increase the Homestead Exemption for seniors by $25,000.