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FLORIDA HOUSE DISTRICT 26

2010

Overview

[Tim Huth]: Too many homeowners and small businesses are being squeezed by sky-rocketing rates. While many industry lobbyists will claim that the big insurance companies have no choice but to raise rates, the simple fact is those same insurance companies have complete control over the politicians in Tallahassee. It's this control that keeps the public from ever really learning whether or not we are being fleeced by the insurance carriers. My solution is to have an independent evaluation of carriers in Florida and force them to justify their rates by making their books available for full and unfettered review. -- Derek Catron HUTH: Education will improve when local control is given back to school boards. I do not support Tallahassee's \"top down\" directives. Budget drives many decisions in education and I will work to eliminate the unfunded mandates that are placed on school districts and reform the district cost differential that is a part of the school funding formula that was changed in 2002 and negatively impacts Volusia schools' budget. I would fight to (increase funding for schools). I am against the teacher evaluation and performance pay legislation that was passed last year. I support accountability using multiple indicators and not one that relies on a single test.

• Publisher: Halifax Media Group
• Subject: Costello, Fred / Huth, Tim