Rate hike transparency: plain-language notices, public justification, executive compensation disclosure when rates rise.

Ban predatory utility shutoff practices

Stop insurance profiteering: crack down on price manipulation, require clearer rate filings, and deny hikes that aren’t justified.

It’s always justified

Florida politicians love “small government” until a city or county tries to solve local problems. Then Tallahassee preempts it. Local control should mean communities can protect renters, workers, water, and schools, without the state kneecapping them.

Not announcing anything, not a platform, just socialist “if I ran the world” ideas for Polk:
permanent affordable housing
rein in insurers
utility shutoff protections
wage theft = theft
fund schools+childcare
clean water/air
ban pay-to-play & clawbacks.

A spectre is haunting Polk County, the spectre of socialism. All the powers of old Polk have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: the developers and the donors; the consultants and the cable-news scolds; the party bosses and the “be realistic” moderates.

Intro to me in picture form