FLORIDA HAD ITS BEGINNING ON MARCH
3, 1845 AND ITS
SWEET BEGINNING ON FEBRUARY 19, 2005
SWEETEN FLORIDA PLAN
Unless
you are related to the new resident in Palm
Coast who still believes Florida
should be just like New York
I expect you will agree with me that Florida
should be sweetened but not turned into a candy apple.
On
February 19, 2005 my new campaign was only hours old and already
I had my first challenge. Standing next to my car I was asked
by a passing gentlemen. “What are
you a salesman? .I said NO. I am running for Governor as a Republican!”
Just then he became a mad man telling me using the “F” word
more often than I believed possible in a 10 minute yelling
event how backward Florida is!
He said Florida
has low pay, no unions, and pushy policemen.
It just happened that I was parked next to him at the
Palm Coast
Publix Shopping Center.
I was doing paperwork in my car and enjoying the cool sunny
Florida weather and waiting for my wife to
finish working.
While
my run for Governor is a very long climb I will not let this
cracked rock stop me from helping Florida.
I am obligated to serve because I have information that could
make Florida government be more
efficient, friendly and respected by ALL.
I
respect Florida for what Florida
is. This leads me to
explain how a person from Pennsylvania
could learn to respect Florida;
I give this credit to Mr. Chadwick B. Hucks from Jacksonsville
who is no longer with us, he was a great southern gentlemen
that took time to teach me the ways of the South. So with this training I believe I can become
a respected Southern Governor that can respect the Native
point of view and with updated information help those stressed
new residents from New York
living in Palm
Coast..
Having been a Democrat for most of my life except when
I voted for Nixon, David Stockman and Reagan I understand
why some people believe Unions are the answer to Florida’s
low pay and deteriorating working conditions.
But for the new residents in Palm
Coast a union may
not help them cope with Florida’s
low pay and changing conditions. We should attempt to explain
to all new residents that the level of pay while very important
must be compared to the overall cost of living in Florida. Up until recently our new and old home prices
have been very low but those 2004 storms and other factors
are putting housing on the critical list for all residents.
Those who want to move to another part of Florida
may find the cost of housing rather than the hourly pay the
most limiting factor. There
appears to be a shortage of workers in some areas and a shortage
of jobs in other areas. The cost of getting a new roof since the storms
has significantly increased and will remain a housing related
issue for years.
The
very unhappy new resident I met on February 19, 2005 needs
to re-evaluate his move to Florida
before he makes too many of his friends think Florida
is pulling the welcome mat off the front porch.
This unhappy new resident in Palm
Coast may remember
the time he tried to convince this candidate to make Florida
like New York
but failed. Florida
is great for families and New York
is said to be great for entertainment and industrial jobs;
but Florida CANNOT be
made to match selective good memories of New York.
My
Sweeten Florida Plan almost ended when this new resident
cursed his why into my memory telling me how bad Florida
is and why it should be just like New
York. Just because I want to improve Florida government does not mean that we cannot exist as
we are, but maybe this unhappy new resident from New
York may read these words and someday learn to
Love Florida as I have for the past 27 years.
Sorry to my
neighbor from New York and my developer friend
Pete who named the adjacent street Central Park in honor of his home State, I
don’t have a bumper sticker that says I love New York
but I do listen to New York radio stations
more often than the local Daytona
Beach radio stations.
So please
realize I just want to improve a few things that appear to have gone down hill
in the past 27 years. I risk being labeled the big change candidate but this is
not to be confused with those in Palm Coast that want Florida to be just like
New York.
Possibly
the builder that is using the construction services of this
new resident will attempt to understand how difficult it is
for someone to be hired for $12.00 per hour then the next
week be given an hourly cut in pay to $8.00 per hour.
Hard working people need good wages but we all have
been telling the new residents that pay in Florida is low,
especially low compared to New York. So each of us should
understand how difficult it is for new residents to make it
in Florida. We
lack heavy industry that would add value to manufactured products
and so each of us should realize the waiters or waitresses
serving us at Pizza Hut are educated and waiting for Florida
to provide better opportunities.
I will do everything possible to provide improved career
opportunities for full time Florida residents. Add
your great ideas to this preliminary screening of innovative
solutions.
Point No. 1
Sweeten Florida Plan (SFP) will work to
inventory the under employed people in Florida. The Governor’s office will have a web site
survey database to be utilized to help large manufacturers
better judge our manpower availability and provide a means for employers to
find those great employees here in Florida.
We should employ Florida
workers first rather than giving opportunities to people who are just passing
through. Of course we appreciate all
those New York and Pennsylvania residents who are down here
helping us get our roofs back to new.
Thanks to all those temporary residents Florida is back in business.
Last
year I was somewhat storm ill; attempting to run for political
office when storm after storm made our lives difficult. So let us pray that 2004 storm events will be
only for the history books, no need to test us again. Now
lets work together to get Florida
to the next level.
Point No. 2
Sweeten Florida
Plan/Eliminate Roadside Litter Now
I could
collect litter from hundreds of miles of roadways that look like roadside dumps
or I could simply encourage our Florida
government to create stringent anti-litter laws and this time
enforce them. As Governor I will use message boards along roadways
warning drivers that if they like driving they better keep the litter inside
their vehicles or they will be walking.
There will be warning signs every 10 miles and if you like dumping your
old couch at the end of a dead end road, well you better check your shoe
leather because you will be walking. Florida is not a dump,
so visitors should not be allowed to litter.
The Governor will ask each business to weekly tell their employees to be
careful, Florida
laws don’t allow littering of our roadways.
After 6 months of warnings the police will start enforcing the most
stringent anti-litter laws in the nation and the cost savings will be
significant.. At each gasoline/convenience store the
State of Florida
will place a warning notice advising all travelers to report people who
litter. We have big events here in Daytona Beach that seem to be a haven for people who love to be litter bugs,
this will end immediately. This social
bad habit of littering must be controlled or Florida’s property taxes will increase.
Point No. 3
Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Eliminate Energy Waste
Energy costs
in Florida
are too high and our water and sewer utility bills are getting excessive. As Florida’s
next Governor I will need to create an Energy and Utility Task Force to propose
ways of controlling energy costs. We
will review the cost of grants and the cost of regulations. We will give grants to communities that save
energy. Immediately the Governor will
call on all Department stores to reduce the number of operating televisions on
display to a maximum of 10% of the televisions on display. We will make other
major improvements to eliminate energy waste. The State’s vehicles will be
upgraded to the highest miles per gallon possible as they are replaced due to
service life. We will even look at using
bio-mass as a way of harnessing energy typically just wasted.
Point No. 4
Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Eliminate the Tag Fee for Mobile Homes
As Governor I
will work to eliminate the tag fee for mobile homes and replace this revenue by
using a Flat Fee Property Tax based upon three simple levels of property
value. Old mobile homes will be taxed
the least but if after three years the property is not upgraded in appearance
the tax amount will double and after another three years the tax will double
again. The revenue created will be used
to purchase and dispose of unsightly mobile homes. The property owner by accepting the new
structure of Flat Fee Property Tax will be agreeing that old unclean mobile
homes add little to Florida’s
housing and they agree to work with local governments to clean and repair all
mobile homes. The Sweeten Florida Plan/Eliminate the Tag Fee for Mobile
Homes will improve Florida. Each community should create a list of poorly
maintained mobile homes and work with charities and fixed income residents to
upgrade these units. Something must be
done to control how mobile home park owners are passing property taxes directly
to mobile home owners. I don’t have the
solution just yet but I want to get working on this issue. Don’t over react to these words because I realize
there are many issues that must be reviewed to create a new method of charging
mobile home owners a small property tax, especially when they believe not
owning the land means they are only temporary residents.
Point No. 5
Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Upgrade Our Railroads
As Governor I
will work with the railroads companies to evaluate how to eliminate the growing
cost of keeping our railroads safe and clean.
I will propose that advertising space be purchased on the rolling stock
to eliminate the annual cost to communities for rail crossing upgrades and
utility pipe crossings. This proposal
will save thousands of dollars for each community having a railroad passing
through their community. We need to make
our railroads part of the transportation solution. Our roadways are full of freight that may be
better transported by railroad. The
Governor will create an Upgrade Our Railroads Task Force to create real
solutions and of course the trucking industry will be a major part of this
effort. The last 10 miles of all deliveries are by truck.
Point No. 6
Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Water Management Districts
As Governor I
want to reduce the cost of operating Water Management Districts and use the
computers and professionals at our Universities to better manage water
consumptive use permits. Land
development costs must be considered in creating effective stormwater
management. The Governor will create a
CUP Clearing House and propose the first real changes in Florida Water
Management Districts. Finally Water Management Districts will be evaluated on
how fair they are to all the residents not just how much they do for those
environmentally active residents. The
need for cost benefit evaluations is important to keep Florida moving in the most cost effective
environmentally acceptable direction. If
a person who is demanding more be spent on cleaning our rivers but is found to
be living in an environmentally sensitive area utilizing old septic tank
methods, well, we should consider their demand with this in mind.
Point No. 7
Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Department of Environmental Protection Fuel Storage Tank Regulations
As Governor I
will propose major revisions to the Petroleum Fuel Storage Tank
Regulations. The recently adopted
stringent fines will be changed to reflect positive actions of the petroleum
storage tank operators. The annual cost
of providing a petroleum storage tank placard will be reduced by providing for
a five year operating license. The local
programs for protecting the environment will be active rather than
reactive. Finally the Department of
Environmental Protection will not be allowed to discontinue negotiations with a
governmental unit that is working to meet all the new regulations. This means DEP personnel that walk out of a
meeting without solving the environmental problem will be immediately
reassigned to field inspections so they learn first hand how difficult it is to
comply with changing regulations. The
Department of Environmental Protection offices state wide will be evaluated for
customer service and the weakest link in protecting the environment will be
combined with an adjacent District until personnel are better trained to be
cooperative.
Point No. 8
Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Department of Environmental Protection/Water and Wastewater Regulations
As Governor I
will propose major revisions to regulations related to the environment and will
work with consulting engineering firms to improve the effectiveness of the
DEP. Again unfriendly DEP personnel will
be reassigned to field inspection duties until they learn how to be respectful
of those operating facilities. The
Department of Environmental Protection should evaluate why major cities are not
constructing sanitary sewer systems in new subdivisions that have very large
homes on acre lots. The DEP needs to work better and reduce the paper handling
costs. The requirements for more than
one signature and numerous initialing of forms is the biggest waste in Florida government. I will not stop until paper waste by the DEP
is eliminated. Too much time is being
devoted to completing permit applications and reports rather than solving real
environmental problems. So we need to
review everything the DEP is doing so operating cost are
reduced. The E in DEP will also stand
for Effective Environmental. (Department of Effective Environmental
Protection)(DEEP)
Point No. 9
Sweeten Florida
Plan/Tinted license plates and other Failures
As Governor I
will work to eliminate the practice of some drivers covering the license plate
so it cannot be seen at night. The
tinting of the plastic cover will be the basis for taking the vehicle off the
road until the tinting and other side frame coverings are removed. Auto dealer advertisements adjacent to the
license plate will be prohibited. The
need for tinted windows is allowed but the failure of police departments to
confirm that the maximum tinting is not exceeded may be leading to traffic
accidents. All license plates must be
attached to the vehicle by 4 bolts and there will be no temporary window
tags. We should review the total
temporary tag approach and create a better license record system. Some car dealers' complete forms for new car
sales but sometimes the paper work is incorrect and these errors are causing consumers
problems. If a new car has more than
860 miles on it and having been sold and returned, Florida law should consider
the car used. The new dealer should be
required to place warning notices on the car windows to advise the potential
buyer that the car has been driven more than most new cars and if the mileage
is greater than 860 miles will not be allowed to be sold as NEW. We should
again look at the lemon law and make large auto manufacturers stop telling new
car owners that the reason their new car has a smoking problem is that it needed
more oil changes than recommended. Okay,
auto dealers need to be treated fair but consumer protection related to auto
purchases has gone down hill. Did you
ever hear about the auto dealer that takes your potential trade in vehicle and
keeps the keys until you have shown noticeable aging or finally traded for a
new car.
Purchasing a car in Florida
is the most troubling consumer event and auto dealers are hereby advised to
work harder to make this experience a profitable and pleasant experience for all.
As Governor I will collect data on car dealers and if improvement does not come
soon a New Car Purchase Task Force will be established to create real laws to
control unfair practices. Possibly new
car dealers should be encouraged to offer 6 months of gap insurance for new
vehicles because insurance companies have gone against consumers or someone is
providing stupid data to the car value books.
The fine print tricks of car advertisements must stop. If you cannot be fair to all consumers then
maybe you should locate your auto dealership to another State. Possibly the high cost of operating
dealerships in Florida
needs to be considered so the business owner and consumer remain friends until
the next purchased.
Point No.
10 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Orange
Barrels on Interstates
As Governor I
will have the correctional inmates cleaning all construction warning barrels
and the bottom of the barrels will be painted white to make them visible when
then are upside down. The practice of
storing orange barrels and equipment along roadways for extended periods will
be reviewed. There will be increased
fines for projects that are operating unsafe construction zones. If possible after given a written warning
the highway contractors will be charged for each accident that occurs within
the work zone. This $1000 fine will be
paid to the victims to off set the deducible costs. These proposals need much work and may not be
feasible. When the DOT inspectors get
reports that the traffic control devices are not in good operating condition,
the DOT should have a legal way of upgrading the traffic control devices.
Message boards will be used to define the projected construction completion
date. Overall roadway contractors should
work better with the DOT to make safety for their workers and the traveling
public top priority. I am convinced
accidents can be prevented if only the DOT and the roadway contractors get a
little help from the Governor’s office.
Until I become Governor it would be helpful if the Department of Transportation
really look at how poor the orange barrels are along I-95; non- operating
steady burn lights are out and generally the work zone is dangerous at
night. What is the problem lack of
inspector training or highway contractors that just don’t care about highway
safety? Please get working on traffic
control devices that are poorly installed or maintained. If a counter weight (sand bag) is required in
each orange barrel explain to me why are the barrels
traveling north and south. Also related,
if the specifications require the highway contractor to maintain the roadway
media and side grass areas why does DOT just allow it to become a weedy mess
for years. Require warning signs to be properly maintained, particularly those
falling over and those that have very poor reflector because they are
unclean. DOT it is up to you to save
lives and I believe you can do much better if the Governor gives you a little
help.
Point No.
11 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Sound barriers versus median dividers
As Governor I
will cause the DOT to review the practice of constructing sound walls before
the same section of road has head on crash elimination devices. I will do everything possible to get the
limited roadway dollars working to solve real safety problems rather than beautification
without some safety justified measure.
Sometimes I wonder is it just spend the money
plan or really does the conditions require repaving and all those roadway
delays during the repaving operations.
We need a stronger DOT and one with more than the old formula 2P and
T/2. We need to utilize Value
Engineering with Safety as job one. Will the roadway improvement make the
roadway safer or just keep the roadway industry busy. There are new inlets in the roadway media of
I-95 but they appear at present to solve drainage problems at the expense of
highway safety. Does Florida DOT have to
visit other States to learn what design changes are needed to make our
Interstates safer? As Governor I will
ask the DOT work to make Florida’s
highways the safest in the Nation. We
can do this with the help of drivers, highway contractors, consulting engineers
and of course our soon to be proud Department of Transportation.
Point No.
12 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Red Light Running
As Governor I
will work with traffic engineers to find ways of warning drivers of bad
intersections and propose lose your license and car for 30 days if you run a
red light at a speed greater than 40 miles per hour. The high-speed crashes at intersections are
something we need to eliminate. Drivers
turning left from the far right lane will lose their license and their car for
30 days. Crossing roadway medians on the
interstate highways at points not intended for used by private vehicles will
result in the immediate loss of license and the storage of car for 30
days. Interstate parking lot situations
will be studied to provide for police directed detours even mid
interchange. Something must be done for
those times when all lanes are stopped for hours. Each section of highway should have
solutions to interstate blockages.
Point No.
13 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Green leaves for Florida’s Senior
Residents
In honor of my
former neighbor Charlie who had a dish of Green Leave Candies on the coffee
table we will do something about how Senior Residents become victims to door to
door rip off salesman. I will provide
this one example that happened to Charlie.
I would visit Charlie each night and ask him what happened today. He said that a young fellow showed him a new
product that can clean clothes better than anything he had ever seen
before. I said what did it cost, he said
only $50.00 for a large bottle concentrated solution. I asked to see this special laundry cleaning
solution. He said the young man put it in the garage on the top shelf near the
washing machine. After looking for a
minute Charlie who was 90 years old pointed to it. Sure enough just as I feared it was dish
soap in a small bottle. As Governor I
will work on this problem everyday and will be reminded to do so with the dish
of green leaf candies on my desk. The Call the Governor Program for Senior
Residents will make rip off door- to-door salesman use good consumer facts when
selling to Florida Senior Residents.. Finally Charlie lost another $3000 to “in the
neighborhood tree cutting guy”. Seniors
should be advised that just because there is a name on the door of a truck does
not mean you can be certain that no rip off will occur..
Point No.
14 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Junk Cars must go
I want
collectors of one old car to be able to have it stored on their property out of
sight without having to purchase a full vehicle tag. We need to create a hobby car provision that
requires all cities to allow a hobby car to be stored on a residential lot so
long as the hobby car can be covered using a professional grade car cover. If someone has a utility van that is used in
his employment we need to create some workable means for the utility van to be
parked on the residential lot. Possibly
night parking could be allowed if a special reasonable priced license is
paid. The hobby car and utility van
parking provisions and fees will be used to pay $100.00 bonus to have old rusty
vehicles removed from forested areas that are not worth enough in junk prices
to make the effort worth doing. Junk
cars abandoned in rural areas need to be recycled for use in making ductile
iron pipe. We will work with ductile
iron pipe manufacturers to create a more cost effective way of getting old
rusty vehicles to the recycle points located in other States. In conclusion local governments have gone too
far in controlling the temporary storage of hobby cars/ or vehicles stored less
than 6 months, particularly, if the vehicle looks road ready. Just requiring a vehicle tag does not get the
job done.
Point No.
15 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Drifter Control Plan
As Governor I
will create a new approach to the unpleasant problem of drifters using the
public right of way to operate a money collecting business. The practice of drifters standing in the
middle of the roadway collecting money is very dangerous and it makes Florida look bad.. The Attorney
General or the Department of Transportation must have the ability to do
something about this hold a sign and collect money problem. The State of Florida should create a law that makes it a lose your car for 30 days if you don’t obey signs saying
don’t feed the drifters money at a posted location. Also we need to adopt a 10 feet rule, no drifter shall demand money from a traveler or a
person leaving a store unless the drifter demanding money is at least 10 feet
away from the person who is being approached for money. If time allows we will create a plastic card
that can be given rather than money.
These plastic cards many be for sale at local businesses that are being
attacked by the money demanding drifters.
Also it may be possible to purchase wooden tokens that businesses will
accept. Of course the drifters will not
like this approach so various attorneys should be prepared to defend whatever
the State of Florida determines necessary to control the out of control
drifters.
Point No.
16 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Control Fire Ants
As Governor I
will create a Task Force that will work with the Universities to create a
database and with the help of pest control companies we will eliminate Fire
Ants by the year 2050. There must be a
non-chemical way of controlling fire ants.
We should require all new sod to be treated for fire ants before
shipping. Airports, parks and road
right of ways will be the first phase we must control fire ants.. Homeowners who do
not treat their fire ant problem areas will be added to a government action
list as soon as permission is granted.
Farmers should be informed as how best to control Fire Ants without
harming the environment and livestock. We may propose a 50 cents per box of ant
controlling chemical be donated to a State Fund to control fire ants adjacent
to the area where fire ants are a danger to children.(This
is not a tax it will be paid by companies that want to work with the State of Florida on this
difficult problem.)
Point No.
17 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Control Lovebugs
As Governor I
will create a Task Force to look at ways of controlling the increase in
lovebugs. The use of non-chemical
fogging methods will be studied and pilot programs supported by grants.
Point No.
18 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Renaming the FCAT to FACTS
As Governor my
first action will be to rename the FCAT to FACTS so students do not have to
fear this helpful learning benchmark.
We all understand the importance of a great education so students must
be better informed as to the long term benefits of meeting the FACTS
requirements. Obviously I will need to
listen to students to make the FACTS a working tool that students understand
and parents appreciate greatly. When I
am Governor students who support the FACTS in a
positive manner will be encouraged to say how FACTS is better than FCAT. Students will be given bonus points for
visiting the Governor’s website to complete a survey. With the help of theme parks and other
recreational facilities possibly these bonus points can be turned into
discounts for students who take the FACTS in a positive way. This idea needs
work so please send your ideas to the Governor..
Point No.
19 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Pool Builder Shall Build
What is it
with pool builders in Florida? Does the bad soil, high water table,
competitive pricing, or Florida laws make
building a pool in Florida
such a nightmare? I remember in 1980
contracting to have a pool constructed by a Florida pool builder who was a preacher but
he failed to pray one day and the rain floated the pool he was constructing on
my property. I lost over $5000 and at least a half-year of my life, that year
so did 150 other Florida
property owners who were victims of bankrupt pool builders..
Now, we need to Sweeten Florida by coming up
with a Florida
solution to pool builders claiming bankruptcy and then the next year starting a
new pool building business. First all
materials delivered to the property are the property of the homeowner unless
they never actually entered the property where the pool is being constructed.
Period! No court or bankruptcy judge should tell the property owner that he no
longer owns those materials on his property. In fact the pool builder typically
uses the stored materials to justify an additional partial payment. Florida law should be
clear on payments made to licensed pool building contractors, the lien law
should be changed to protect the property owner who has paid half the cost of
pool and has nothing to show for it.
Material suppliers should be more selective in providing credit to
questionable pool builders and for that reason no liens should be allowed by
material suppliers for residential pools.
The pool builder should use his credit card to purchase the materials
and simply leave the property owner free from the bankruptcy issues. Second each pool builder shall have a rainy
day plan that does not leave the property owner with a big mess for months while
the bankruptcy action is closed out. This could be to provide a statement from
another pool builder company that should something happen that causes the
original pool builder to not finish the project in the time stated the property
owner can assign the remaining portion to alternate pool builder subject to
provisions of a new contract defining the time schedule and the costs to pick
up that abandoned pool construction project.
The local association of pool builders should establish a fund and list
of available pool builders to play clean up contractor to prevent the pool
building industry from becoming out of control.
Of course, extra costs related to the transfer to the alternate pool
builder should be considered by the property owner to avoid a construction site
forever. Florida law should somehow give permission
to the property owner to issue a stop work order and take over the pool
building or secure another pool builder after a 10-day notice has been issued
to the original builder. The pool builder who receives a certified letter from
a property owner who has contracted for a pool under the NEW Florida Pool
Building Regulation has to show up to complete the pool and give the property
owner a certified letter explaining the reason the pool is not complete. If the reason is for lack of payment for the
completed work the pool builder should cancel the remaining portion of the
contract and seek payment via the legal system; there should be no reason to
leave the pool construction site unsafe.
If the property owner believes the pool builder explanation for the
construction delay the property owner may recall the stop work notice and allow
the pool builder an opportunity to complete the project. The local pool builder association should
provide guidelines for payment so the property owner pays the cost of work
completed. Should a pool builder file
for bankruptcy the property owner is free to retain another pool builder to
complete the work so long as there is a clear understanding that there is no
warranty from the second pool contractor.. Within the ability of the laws the building
permit agency should recognize the difficulty the previous pool builder has
caused and work through issuing a new building permit to the new pool builder
or property owner. It is advisable that the electrical subcontractor should be
retained if possible to provide continued knowledge transfer of the project
matters. The practice of a pool builder
abandoning one pool construction site just to get the upfront money from another
new pool contract must stop. The property
owner will have the ability to use the 10-day notice to put the pool builder on
notice that if he does not return to the project by the day noted the property
owner will cancel all remaining portions of the pool building contract. No fine print will be allowed to make pool
builders somehow above the new BUILD IT provisions of the NEW Florida Pool
Building Regulation. I will work with
pool builders or agents to create a workable regulation to end the practice of
holding the property owner hostage all summer.
Point No.
20 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Drivers should not be allowed to have Dogs behind the steering wheel.
The practice
of driving a car while holding a dog is unsafe and Florida laws should make drivers lose their
license for 30 days,
Point No.
21 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Cell phone use while operating a vehicle needs controls
The practice
of driving a car while holding and talking on a cell phone is dangerous and
needs to be controlled by new guidelines.
As a starting point except for emergencies cell phones should not be
operated while driving through a school zone.
Florida
law should double the fine if someone did not stop for a Red Light Flashing
School Bus that is loading or unloading children if the driver not stopping was
using a handheld cell phone.
Point No.
22 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Over 70 years of Age
Apparently
many older drivers that have lost their license continue to drive. If you are 70 years old or older and found
driving a car when you had your license taken away; well we will look into
taking your car away.
Point No.
23 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Small orange triangle
Should a
driver over 70 years of age have an auto accident that is determined to be
his/her fault; the State of Florida should consider requiring the placement of
a small orange triangle on the back bumper of the older driver’s car with the
words “How is my driving Today?” This
will warn other drivers to give the older driver a little extra recovery space. Anyone using this older driver information to
somehow force the older drivers to speed up or drive more dangerously will lose
their license for 30 days. The orange
triangle is important because the alternate would be to require testing of
older drivers and I believe that is not justified at this time. The orange triangle is only for accident
causing older drivers. If an older
driver (over 70) does not know the difference between the brake and gasoline
pedal then hits an occupied building well the 70 plus year old driver will lose
his/her license for 3 years.
Point No.
24 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Remove Drunk Drivers Again
It has come to
my attention that numerous drivers who have lost their drivers license due to
drunk driving are driving again. The
State of Florida
should create a $1000.00 reward program to pay for the reporting of drunk
drivers driving without a license. We
will look into a way to fund such a reward program, but should the insurance
industry see the benefit of the program possible they could offer a 10% reduction
in car insurance to any person reporting to the police the unlicensed driver on
the road again.
Point No.
25 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ End Busing
It has come to
my attention that school districts are somehow impacted by students going to
several different schools as result of the new school choice regulations, so as
Governor I will ask for a study to determined how best to reduce the busing
costs. I believe no student should be
on a school bus for greater than one(1) hour per
trip. Something must be done, more
funding for more buses, or redistricting to get one good school within an hour
of each home. If this is not a problem
we will look at other busing safety issues.
For example, school buses should be picking and dropping off students on
roadways that are less than 4 lanes.
Each time a bus picks up students the traffic is impacted so off roadway
pick up points should be considered.
Point No.
26 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Cuba
It is now time
to consider what Florida will be like when Cuba is Cuba again. My former Cuban roommate in college (1970)
would tell me about Cuba and
how beautiful Miami is and why Cubans love Florida. We will have to talk to a lot of people to
determine what impact the future government of Cuba and get planning for that day.
Point No.
27 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Protect Children Now
As Governor I
will Protect Children Now, we need a total review of what programs are working
and how we can better help protect children from those bad folks. Also the Call the Governor Program (email
also) will allow all students to email the Governor and as Governor I will do
everything possible to Protect Children Now.
Point No.
28 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Students Head South
As Governor I
will encourage teenagers to join the ASK THE GOVERNOR EMAIL CLUB. As Governor I will make every effort to find
a local job for a teenager that needs money to help his parents stay above the
floor. I have observed a few students
walking a long distance home and I got the impression that no one is on their
side. As Governor I will ask local people
to provide help to teenagers that are working so hard in school but have
parents that are just not financially able to make their future bright. We
cannot afford to put teenagers in prison they need help just in the day- to-
day events. In the years gone by
teenagers would be offered a ride home especially during those cold rainy days,
but now this is not acceptable so the parent that needs backup does not get
it. Overall some communities are okay,
but some areas do little to help teenagers. While some people say it takes a
village, I say it just takes one person to care. Email the Governor and I will provide
help! Florida
needs good students to make Florida
better in the future. In a related issue
I have noticed how cold employers have become to workers who have sick children
or teenagers that need backup. We all
need to make sure we demand employers in Florida
don’t forget that home life and work are connected. Helping teenagers is very important to Florida’s future. We don’t want teenagers drinking alcohol or
using drugs so we need to fully fund organizations that help students. .
Point No.
29 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Control out of Control Disputes between Communities
So much time
is being spent on disputes between governmental units I sometimes believe it
would be easier negotiating with _______________. As Governor I will monitor all government-
to- government disputes and get involved to cause this waste of taxpayer
dollars to go away. Florida governments have gone downhill. Any dispute that lasts 1 year is too long.
Point No.
30 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Change the Lottery
As Governor I
will ask that something be done to improve the Lottery. I have several proposals but my ideas need
lottery user input. I question the cost
of the large highway signs advising drivers to hit the brakes at the next exit
to purchase a lottery ticket. This is a
waste of your school dollars. I question
the amount of time devoted to promoting the lottery on television and expect
lottery players to secure lottery numbers by visiting the local outlets. We will ask television stations to low- key
lottery number reports just to determine what impact no advertising will have
on the lottery.
Point No.
31 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ BIG
As Governor I
will have to be prepared for the next “BIG”.
It could be an oil tanker spill off our coast or something I prefer not
to state. As Governor I will devote at
least one day a week getting ready for “BIG”.
Point No.
32 Sweeten Florida Plan/ County by County of Volusia
As Governor I
will make each week a County Special week, I will focus on the western counties
first then each week for 67 weeks learn/plan for needs of communities in each
of the 67 counties. Residents in each
county will be advised by television announcement that the Governor needs input
for “Sweeten Florida
Plan……….county”.
Point No.
33 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Expand DASH
As Governor I
will ask the DOT to formulate a way to expand the highway information system;
here in Daytona Beach
it is called: Daytona Area Smart
Highways” We need to communicate with
travelers to advise them of the need to take alternate routes or to keep
watching weather reports.
Point No.
34 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Who
made Florida
ballots fair?
Who in Tallahassee changed
Florida Election laws to be so unfair? A
few years ago you could print and mail to registered voters a card that was the
size of a postcard and with returned postage paid a candidate with limited
funds could get his or her name on the ballot.
Look at the past elections candidates are becoming fewer and fewer; this
is a direct result of the high cost of placing a candidate’s name on the
ballot. Why allow political parties to
run Florida’s
election fees. Come on fellows get with
it clean up Florida’s
Election Rules. You have allowed Florida’s election laws
to become a joke. For example in the
State of Michigan
you simply need a number of signatures on a form to place your name on the
ballot for Congressional elections. Many
Congressional races have no alternate candidates, this proves that Florida’s election laws
are unfair and may be unconstitutional.
Does anyone remember all the Florida Election Jokes of the 2000
election? Please consider changing the
size of the petition back to the smaller postcard size and of course increase
the number of weeks that the petitions can be collected. As the population increases the number of
candidates will drop unless you allow a candidate to be placed on the ballot
with one thousand petitions. The number
of required petitions required increases by population and add to this the fact
that larger counties have more tourist and none residents making it like
looking for a needle in the haystack for registered voters. So lets debate how unfair collecting
petitions is for the low funded candidates.
Point No.
35 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Clean Up Regulations of Signs in Right of Ways
The election
rules say no political signs in right of ways.
But you know this is not followed so why not correct the regulation and
allow signs only in the right of way seven days before an election. No signs should be allowed within the right
of way of the interstate highway system.
Each community has local regulations and fees that are difficult to
meet. Communities seem to give the
incumbents a little more flexibility on sign placing. The size and number of signs on a property
are greatly limited. The time signs can
be posted on private property greatly favors the incumbents.
Point No.
36 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida Vehicle Registration within 90 days
New residents
are not transferring vehicle registration to Florida
in a timely manner and this is costing Florida
revenue. Whatever the time limit is
currently it is either too long or not being enforced. Part time residents should be required to
have a temporary decal on the back window if they are seasonal residents. Florida
needs to evaluate this matter and determine how big of a problem it really is.
Point No.
37 Sweeten Florida
Flan/Fix the street light
The power
companies throughout the State should be required to publish an email address
or fax number to allow residents to report streetlights that are not operating
or operating even in the daytime. If power companies refuse to take care of
this matter, the Governor’s office will be the clearinghouse for this safety
required public works matter. Each power pole in Florida has a number that should be
submitted along with the location.
Point No.
38 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Restore Power to the Rural Areas at the same time as Urban Areas
I have received
numerous complaints from residents that power companies mishandled restoration
of electric service in rural areas. Why
should the maximum number of residents be the only factor in restoring power
after a major storm? Locally out of
state power companies not knowledgeable of our street layout had to drop the
current job to move to another higher priority, this jump jack approach to
restoring power was mismanaged during the 2004 storms. The same families lost power for the maximum
time each storm because the electric grid and the number of customers without
power drove restoration teams all over the county without working in one area
at a time. The power companies should
evaluate placing electric teams near shelters so the teams can be given better
housing during the storm recovery period.
Some of the power company teams from other States had very bad housing
conditions for the total period of storm recovery. Possibly Florida needs to look into major storm
recovery centers to house and store materials needed for electrical service
restoration. To the greatest extent
possible Florida needs a plan to take care of Florida’s emergency
needs without draining the manpower from other States. Those storms of 2004 caused all new
electrical services to be delayed by over 90 days because the power companies
had cut back on workers. Asking
emergency operation centers to only call in downed wires that are on the
roadway I believe shows Florida’s power
companies need to get to work on a Power Restoration Plan before Florida gets hit
again. Waiting for power company
equipment to get here from northern power companies means Florida power companies do not have enough
standby equipment and materials. The
State of Florida
needs to have a material storage area that is managed and kept in reserve for
our annual storms.
Point No.
39 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Underground electric wires now
Florida should now push
power companies to take actions to place new and previously troubling electric
service lines underground to avoid major power outages. Also a greater effort needs to protect power
poles during so called control burns of forest areas. Major power outages have occurred as result
of forest fires. The cost of clearing
the transmission line easement areas needs to be considered when costs of protecting power poles is evaluated.
Point No.
40 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Consumers versus Large Out of State Pharmacy Companies
Large pharmacy chains with headquarters over 1000 miles from Florida simply means Florida consumers are not getting the
service they need. The out of state
major pharmacy companies don’t realize how difficult it is to serve the
residents of Florida, the special care they require, and the fact that
populations and demand for services increase on a seasonal basis. Major changes have occurred in the pharmacy
business and as Governor I will create a Pharmacy Customer Service Task Force
to review the deteriorating customer service level at major pharmacy chains. Florida shall establish
manpower guidelines for pharmacies to be certain Pharmacists have adequate help
and time to properly service each pharmacy customer. The practice of having Pharmacist work 12
hours without a break or lunch with no help is something this Governor will
stop. Until I become Governor it would
be wise for consumers to complain to the out of state headquarters about the
deteriorating customer service, don’t take it out on the major pharmacy chain
employees.
Point No.
41 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida needs to Protect its Minimum Wage
Employees from Visitor Abuse
A significant
number of people from an unnamed northern State are making Florida minimum wage employees sustain daily
abuse that is not typical of the past.
The stress of living in an unnamed northern State is causing these
temporary Florida
residents or visitors to act uncivil. As
Governor I will not allow visitors or transplanted residents from a northern
State to abuse our minimum wage employees, in fact, all abuse by customers must
stop NOW. If this group of seasonal residents does not stop abusing our minimum
wage employees, as Governor I will attempt to pass a law to cause people
abusing our minimum wage employees to be driven to the nearest bus station and
placed on the first bus north. Stop
Abusing Florida’s Workers!! Also as
noted in Point No. 40, major chains are not helping a difficult situation. Some major pharmacy chains are understaffing
employees to result in customers taking it out on the minimum wage
employees. Relax you’re in Florida
Now!!!
Point No.
42 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida needs a Closed Business Sign Law
Thousands of Florida residents and
visitors are victims of major chain businesses that fail to acknowledge the
time and energy of its customers: “we are closed but don’t look like we are
closed”. I have surveyed a major pharmacy chain store closing practices; they
leave every light on by timer; they do not place a sign in the window so each
night at least 50 people get out of their cars with children in hand then walk
to the business entrance and get upset.
The shock and unhappiness that the medicine you need is not going to be
available until tomorrow morning is troubling.
Major chain businesses do not provide the Florida friendly service that older Florida residents remember. So as Florida’s
next Governor I will work to cause these major pharmacy chains to become more
considerate of the time people waste attempting to enter a closed
business. Florida
will require a sign “we are closed” This new Florida
regulation will make life in Florida
like it was when Jack ran the business.
Point No.
43 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida is getting full of Residents
Can Florida’s residents
continue to expect businesses to provide timely service like it was a few years
ago? The answer is NO. Florida’s
growth and seasonal residents are causing the quality of life in Florida to deteriorate
and no one is working to slow the loss.
Simply driving to Orlando from Daytona Beach is more
stressful than driving the Daytona 500 backwards. The heavy traffic volumes coupled with what I
call “uncivil driving” is making staying home the best option. We need to control aggressive drivers by
offering a college level course that is required before a new resident is given
permission to move to Florida/
unless they don’t plan on driving. The
course will be offered on the internet; and it is free, but to secure a Florida license by
transfer from another state the driver must pass the Florida Civil Driving
Examination. This is not time square in New York City so relax you
are in Florida Drive
like it. Should a new resident receive
an aggressive driving ticket within the first year of residence in Florida; the driver will lose their Florida driver’s license and pay a $1000.00
fine. Aggressive drivers are not Native to Florida and for
this reason we want to keep Florida as Florida is.
Point No.
44 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida needs to determine the existence of oil reserves
Sooner than
later the people need to know how exploration and development of oil wells off Florida’s coast will impact the quality of life in Florida. Will it be our only source of energy? What would happen to Florida should our current source of oil be
cut off for say 5 to 10 years. We need
to know that our Florida
oil reserves will be used to save and serve Florida Residents only. The environmental protection requirements are
unknown. How do you enjoy Florida if we don’t have
a local source of energy? Solar cars? We need
to look at the big picture and develop a master plan on how Florida can exist without the help of other
States. We need to have a plan to have
locally produced products be given priority on the store shelves. Why are we purchasing tomatoes from South America? We
need a plan for everything, just in case Florida
needs to be self-supporting.
Point No.
45 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida relies too much on the Sales Tax
Florida residents need to start looking close at the cost
of running the Florida
government. Sales Taxes may not always
get us to the finish line each new budget. Where do we go for the missing funds? We better have a plan. We need a careful look at sales tax
collection and checks and balances of same.
Does Florida
get all the sales tax revenue?
Point No.
46 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida needs to reserve the forest areas
The growth of Florida is amazing but I
fear the future will take away the camping pleasures of the past 27 years.
Point No.
47 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida needs to buy some beach
Is it time to
start purchasing the expensive ocean front properties; or should we consider
developing an artificial beach that
allows cars to drive in the sand and people rather than turtles to be in
control? .I sometimes wonder if a certain lady would accept a million dollars to
stop suing our coastal communities? Should
Florida simply purchase the total oceanfront
in the City of N.S.B? Florida
could turn the complete beach into something the overall population could
enjoy. As Governor I will attempt to
settle the driving on the Beach issue.
We don’t need to preserve every inch of beach for turtles. Why has Florida failed to solve the beach
driving/private beach problem? I will
solve this problem when I get to be Governor.
Start getting your checkbook out; we are going to buy beach properties
and allow driving on the highway adjacent to the beach. The pavement will be removed and the homes
will be gone. There are more people who
don’t have beachfront property than have beachfront property finding a source
of funding will be easy. We just need to
agree on a plan.
Point No.
48 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Standardization of rules and deposits
Somehow we
need to cut costs and time devoted to serving new customer accounts for various
utilities. When new residents move into Florida each community
has different rules for deposits, hopefully the new Governor can get the League
of Cities working to standardize around three different sets of rules for
deposits. Possibly an internet site
could be used to answer the standard questions before even arriving in Florida.
Point No.
49 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Controlling Bad Dogs
Every person
that sells dogs in Florida
will be required to voluntarily complete a Potential Bad Dog Form and email it
to the Governor’s Office, this simple informal database will allow the
distribution of literature to the new bad dog owners and should the potential
Bad Dog bite a child the Governor’s office shall be informed of the
incident. The Governor will ask
retailers and dog food suppliers to send donations to the Governor’s
Children versus Bad Dogs Fund so a small recovery payment can be made to
each child victimized by Bad Dogs.
Whenever, the Governor receives a report of a child being hurt by a bad
dog the Governor will cause a $1000 recovery check to be issued to the
child. Any person requesting a $1000
payment on behalf of a child shall provide proof of the extent of injuries to
the child and provide information on the Bad Dog.. The Governor’s Children versus Bad
Dogs Fund will be managed by a new volunteer organization that will create
proposed rules for protecting Children from Bad Dogs.
Point No.
50 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ All New Dog Owners shall be Required
Every person
that sells a dog in Florida
will be asked to secure a statement from the new dog owner that they have a
written agreement with someone other than their parents to take responsibility
for the new dog whenever the dog owners are out of State on vacation or
business. New dog owners who currently
live in an apartment shall be given a booklet on the potential future fines for
not complying with apartment owner rules.
Dog owners have responsibilities beyond walking the dog.
Point No.
51 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Florida’s
Moon Mission
To improve Florida’s economy I will
propose that Florida Universities create interest in the space program again by
working together to develop rockets and vehicles to visit the moon. The initial mission will be to photograph the
previous landing sites and add Florida’s
flag. This privately funded program will be managed by the Visit Florida’s Moon
Mission Department to be located in Jefferson County were visitors will be
asked to deposit all Jefferson nickels to fund this mission. A tourist site to be known as Florida’s Moon Mission will be located in Titusville Florida
from which funding and project updates will be presented to the public.
Point No.
52 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Save Water
We need a 21st
century water policy and this means practical solutions without the use of tasers on old men hand watering their lawns due to their
selecting the wrong day to save the lawn.
Over the years I have observed that people are confused by Florida’s watering
restrictions and may be using water just because Tuesday is their day to
water. As Governor, I will move to
eliminate any restrictions on the hand watering of lawns by a garden hose Old
men watering their orange tree, lawn or flowers provides recreation and for
this reason the Water Management Districts should just save the cost of
television advertisements.. If someone invested in the construction of a
private well, why should a City or Water Management District somehow know what
is best for a particular area? The use of lower quality water from on site
wells saves energy and chemicals that are typically used in water treatment
plants so we should encourage on site wells. Promote under sod irrigation.
Point No.
53 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ End the expansion of Pawn Shops
We need to
encourage Florida
residents to reevaluate pawn shops. The
rules concerning pawn shops need to change the stolen property rules that make
pawn shops getting rich at the cost of the initial victim. The risk of running is a pawn shop will be
the need to provide a community service accept stolen property and you lose.
Point No.
54 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Create better Hurricane Shelters
Florida government needs to create better hurricane
shelters to prevent the high cost of traveling to Georgia.
Point No.
55 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Allow Mudding of roadway medians after paying a $1000 fee
I guess those
big mud tires need to be tested on State Road 442 near Old Mission Road in Volusia
County but the State of Florida cannot afford to
sod again the medians of this new Road 442.
So should someone secure a video of a pick up truck mudding the medians
of State Road 442, let the Governor know so we can collect the $1000 fee. If the owner of the truck does not
immediately pay the mudding fee, the Governor will order the State of Florida D.O.T. to have
the owner of the truck watch as his monster truck is slowly crushed. Of course a reward for helping the D.O.T.
eliminate truck mudding events on State Road 442 will result in a reward being
paid by the Governor. If governmental units in the State need to set aside mud
holes for saving truck tires please let the Governor know.
Point No.
56 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Eliminate Tolls
As soon as
possible the State of Florida Department of Transportation should develop a
funding plan to that provides adequate revenue to allow through traffic to
drive free. Any vehicle using toll roads
that do not exit the roadway except at end points should not pay a fee. One source of funding will be the doubling of
spending tickets for vehicles traveling over 80 miles per hour. Any driver using the through free toll roads
that is found guilty of speeding about 80 miles per hour will be prevented from
using the free through toll roads for a period of 10 years. Drivers who have lost the right to drive on Florida’s Free Through Toll Roads will be required to have a tracking
device installed in their vehicle and pay the month service fee to track the
vehicles.
Point No.
57 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Eliminate Truck Stops by constructing better roads
The need to create a save highway system by eliminating slow trucks
entering the highway at a point not an exit. Truck stops should be removed from the side
of the interstates and be placed at remote exits away from housing
developments. Remote verification on
load weight shall be fully implemented..
Point No.
58 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Preventing Stolen Large Trucks
Because there
are not enough police to quickly find stolen large trucks I will work with
various organizations to create a new method of finding missing trucks. We will evaluate several proposals to mark
trucks to cause the resale of parts of stolen vehicles to be more difficult
than worth the risk.
Point No.
59 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Governor Eliminates the Bounce in 67
The Governor’s
Office will act as the Clearinghouse of every infrastructure problem within 67
Counties. Simply any resident emails the
Governor’s Office Clearinghouse and presents the problem for placement on a
central website clearinghouse that each County or City can visit to see what
the people are asking reporting. It could be a streetlight that is not
functioning or a road that needs repaving.
All government owned structures throughout the State will be
monitored. Even a streetlight this is
burning continuously will be reported the Governor’s Clearinghouse. It will end
the need to call and call for action. If
your driveway was damaged by a sewer construction project just let the
Governor’s Clearinghouse be advised of the need for action. If the governmental unit cannot solve the
problem within 60 days the problem will be transferred to the Governor’s
personal email address established for these physical matters. You don’t have a computer nearby or you
prefer to leave a voice message for the Governor’s Clearinghouse Staff simply
call the Governor’s number established for the Clearinghouse.
Point No.
60 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Governor’s Office will have a one minute status report each day
The Governor’s
Office will have a one minute report at 6:45 AM each day available for radio
distribution:
:
“Good Morning Florida: Your Florida Governor’s Office will be
working for you today! The major items
of work will be trimming of the over weight State Budget and checking on the
status of highway safety improvements on the I-75 bridge near mile marker
150. This is the most dangerous bridge
along I-75, numerous people have had accidents at this bridge; so the
new warning signs will help. The
Governor asks you to drive safely and contact the Governor’s Clearinghouse
should you have any local problems that need the Governor’s help. Have a Good
Day Florida!”
Point No.
61 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Governor’s RJ Project
The Governor’s
Office will work each day on the RJ Project, and while I cannot be certain I
will eliminate the problem you have my promise that NO one will work harder
on this disgusting problem. On
February 23, 2007 in Citrus
County I will sign the RJ
Law that will fully address this disgusting problem. From that date forward Florida will make cruel and unusual
punishment not binding into today’s world when Children are the victims. By constitutional amendment these criminals
will be taken out of Florida
and not allowed to return. This means
solving this complex problem by finding criminals before they come to Florida and removing individuals
to locations controlled.. (No Children within one mile) Village Jessica will be operated by
potential repeat criminals and the Village will include housing like those in Japan and pay
will only be for actual work measured.
These Villages will make these criminals wish they were not in Florida and they may ask to move Iraq. They will clean the streets until Village
Jessica’s town center is shinning all the way to heaven!
Point No.
61 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Asphalt on highway surface caused by paving companies
Have you ever
notice that paving companies damage adjacent pavement. For example the ramps off the interstate when
the recycled asphalt material is removed then deposited at the stopping and
turning points of the trucks hauling the material. I have a plan to solve this problem but the
D.O.T. will have to study as to whether it would be effective and safe.
Point No.
62 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Garbage Trucks Drop Liquids
A major source
of pollution is being caused by contract garbage hauling companies that don’t
take time to property remove the excessive liquids instead the liquid is
disposed along the roadway. The next
time you look at the street in front of your home notice the large smelly
liquid stain on the pavement near the garbage pick up location. As Governor I will require a law that will
cause garbage haulers to control liquids.
Point No.
63 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Affordable Housing
Soon the high
cost of housing in Florida
will become critical. We need to have an inventory of affordable Housing
Units. We will talk with local
residents to access what we should propose.
Tax breaks? Longer mortgages?
Point No.
64 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Lightning Detecting Devices
Lightning is a
major problem in Florida
and the State government should consider how we can get the market place to
develop early warning devices. New homes
should consider smoke detectors in the attic space because so many homes have
fires after a lightning strike within the attic space.
Point No.
65 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Smoke detectors in wooden chimneys
As you look at
homes in Florida
note that several homes in every community have metal pipes within a wooden
external chimney. According to fire fighters the wood dries out and the space
between the wooden external and the internal metal chimney cannot be observed
as to extra heat build up. So placing
temperature or smoke detecting probes will prevent these fire loses. A new Florida
law will require that each time a home is sold it must have certified that
problems in the metal/wooden chimneys have been addressed.
Point No.
66 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Loss Recovery Children Over 25 years old
I want to
learn if it would be advisable to change Florida
laws to allow children to recover up to $100,000 from Doctors who are proven to
be directly the cause of death of a parent. I was asked to review this matter
and I will. For Example, a 60 year old
falls and breaks a hip but during the operation something very unprofessional
happens and the Doctor admits he made a mistake during the operation. The
parent departs and the child 26 years old is now homeless or at least without
some form of parent to child support.
Insurance companies hid from the fact that the Doctor admits he made a
mistake and quickly use the 25 year age to avoid even a limited payment for
damages.
Point No.
67 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Parents should Have Rights
Possibly there
should be a law: After a marriage between two people the parents of one of the
parties may file a statement within one year of the marriage date at the
nearest Florida Records Agency for matters of this nature; and should there
ever be a future unfortunate event; the parents can use this Florida Records
Document to stop the unwise medical actions on their child. This parent knows “best” statement should
not be used to extend life of a child beyond any point that is unwise especially
when there is no hope of recovery of the child. It should be the responsibility of the
married couple to acknowledge the importance of parents and plan to accept the
parent judgment unless the parent is financially unable to meet the extra cost
of extending the child’s care. Any
spouse who has been advised by another spouse regarding his or her wish to not
have tubes extending his or her life should file a record of this statement. The State of Florida should not be forced to get involved
in the private medical decisions of family/spouse relationships. Should the
State of Florida
determine that it is a burden on the medical facilities of the State, the
government should take action. Should in the future extending life be only
practiced to farm body parts for profit the State of Florida should move to
prohibit this technically and morally unwise business. We all realize the future will bring advances
in medical practices that could extend life for hundreds of years in hopes that
a cure will be discovered so to prevent another social problem the State
government should adopt a 20 years maximum rule, The WFA (WaitingForAdvances)
rule should prohibit any State funded Life extending procedures to a maximum of
20 years from the beginning of the unresponsive period. After a period of 20 years
a person being non-responsive obviously does not want to return to social
events of our time.
Point No.
68 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Environmental Care
The State of Florida must formulate
oil and other vehicle liquids loss prevention program (LPP). Any vehicle that places more than 8 ounces of
liquid products in 7 days (other than water) on the pavement when parked shall
be removed to a repair shop and the State of Florida through an environmental
use fee pay up to $100.00 of repairs costs on said automobile) (20 years
old.) These Environmental Care Grants
($100) directly to established repairs shops will be the basis for saving the
environmental and to encourage repair shops to help save the environment by
donating a portion of their slow labor to replace defective parts. Should the individual automobile owner with
the fluid leaking problem not repair the vehicle within one year of the first
notice by an environmental official the vehicle will be removed permanently
from the environment.
Point No.
69 Sweeten Florida
Plan/All roadside signs that advertise Special Adult Only Entertainment
The State of Florida should restrict to the greatest extent possible
the increase in SAO advertisements signs by requiring 50% of said signs to be
made available for public education statements by the State of Florida. The State of Florida will pay the established prorated
sign cost and thereby will not be prohibited from making any public service
announcement. If this cannot be
implemented the practice of removing trees within the public right of way to
allow easily viewing of large billboards will be prohibited for the total sign
company billboards.
Point No.
70 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Class Size Matters
The State of Florida should adopt an
implementation plan for Maximum Class Size and should the budget requirements
exceed one year of 5 prevent full implementation of the smaller size classes a
portion of the school district will be allowed to have evening classes operated
by volunteer teachers. Should testing
demonstrate that the volunteer teacher program is failing to meet the minimum
learning level, the parents of the students will be used to home school the
children.
Point No.
71 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ American Flag on Interstate 75
While the
great southern flags should never leave Florida
the State of Florida
will create checks and balance to the private flags that are not pleasing to
all Floridians. Whenever an old flag
that is of questionable displayed any private person will be granted a permit
to display the American Flag within the view of the great southern flags. The American flag needed to provide checks
and balance will be allowed to be placed in the public right of way. Should private owner of the great southern
flags create a unpleasant display the State should
order the great southern flag to be removed for 30 days after which it can be
redisplayed so long as an equal size American Flag is displayed.
Point No.
72 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Beer Tax
All beer sold
in the State should be taxed to the same level and by the same method existing
on February 19, 2005 and the tax shall not be increased for a period of 5
years.
Point No.
73 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Fireworks
At least one
location shall be established for the use of private fireworks purchased in Florida. The only prohibition on fireworks shall be
the location of the use. During high
drought periods the use of ALL fireworks will be limited to the Fireworks
display areas and the use of fireworks by individuals knowing the Stringent
Fireworks Rule will be fined 100 times the value of the used fireworks. All fireworks stores shall advise the
purchaser of the need to prevent use by children under the age of 13. Should an injury occur as result of fireworks
the seller shall pay the State of Florida
$1000.00 per event.
Point No.
74 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Stand up to Newspapers
The State of Florida shall charge
newspaper or agents of newspapers to pay a $1000 per year right of way user fee
for each newspaper box (free or charged type) that is within the public right
of way but less than 40 feet from the edge of pavement. Should the right of way be damaged by the
placing of newspaper boxes with the right of way the cost of repairing the sod
shall be taken from the $1000 fee and donated to the local governmental unit to
repair the sod and related. The cost of repairing broken sidewalk will be
passed to the business using the public right of way to distribute newspapers.
Safety is a major concern with placing newspaper boxes. Children exit cars to get the newspaper and
the flow of traffic is negatively impacted.
Point No.
75 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Funding Large Sports Complexes
The State of Florida should fund
upgrades of sports complexes however the State’s means of recovering the grants
will be a mandatory contribution of $1.00 per ticket sold. The ticket contribution will remain an
obligation until the Sports Complex is no longer in existence or the year 2080. The contribution of one dollar per ticket
sold shall not increase before the year 2020.
Point No.
76 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Home invasions by individuals
The State of Florida should create a $1.00 tax on all doors sold in Florida and the funds
collected will be used expressly to find and eliminate home invasion
individuals or gangs. At least 10 % of
the door tax revenues will be used to block computer invasions that cause
computers to slow to 50% of normal operating speed.
Point No.
77 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Cause fuel prices to be controlled
The sale of
fuel shall be controlled to prohibit more than a 20% cost increase. If fuel costs increase greater than 20% in
one year the State of Florida
shall prohibit the non-essential use of low of State owned vehicles on Tuesdays
and ask Counties to evaluate the feasibility of eliminating 20% of the local
sales tax on fuel.
Point No.
78 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Billboard Owners
When I become
Governor I will ask the Billboard companies to donate the unused billboard
space to help Children learn math.
Point No.
79 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Large Store Limits.
The State of Florida shall prohibit
large chain stores from eliminating all small owner operated businesses and a
master plan will be developed to reserve 10% of all retail business space for
owner-operated businesses. No out of
area shopping center owners shall be allowed to have create
empty space within a shopping center for over one year. The amount of proposed rent/lease conditions
should be reviewed by the State to determine if the property owner is providing
poor community goodwill thereby causing the appearance of the community to be
degraded.
Point No.
80 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ No Travel to Countries
The Governor
shall be prohibited from traveling outside of the State of Florida on trade missions.
Point No.
81 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Lights on
Highway safety
is being placed out of control as a result of visitors and part time residents
from not following Florida
driving rules. Too many bad drivers means Florida’s
auto insurance costs will increase.
Warning signs and traffic stops designed to inform visitors and part
time residents to drive safely now that they are in Florida.
Point No.
82 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Slots
Prohibit
children from playing the lottery and slot machines. Any county voting to allow slot machines
shall place warning signs do not allow this machine to take all your pay check. Should a
player have uncontrollable WASHOUT the owner of the machine shall return via
mail up to $100.00 per player per year. WASHOUT is a personal term that describes an
event of losing all your paycheck.
Point No.
83 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Choice
As Governor I
will be as Conservative as possible, but don’t expect me to solve this social
problem only parents can solve. Having
prayed in public school each morning until I graduated in 1965 I will expect my
liberal friends to chill out and allow limited controlled prayer in school
prior to FACTS.
Point No.
84 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Guns in School (NO!!!)
Having been a
liberal most of my life I have memories of events that seem strange based upon
current unhappy events. When I was in
high school I was allowed to rebuild a 22 rifle that had a broken wooden stock
and I even was allowed to make the firing pin.
Nevertheless, events in other states and the stresses of living are
making schools unsafe. I will work on
this problem and ask any student that is P’d off at
his classmates to consider being P’d off at me
instead. Send me an email or call me, if
I cannot make you happy I will give you $20.00.
My cell phone number is 386 235 0380.
(A reviewer of Point No. 84 said I should limit this to available funds
in the Governor’s personal budget; because the problem is without end.) (Okay
limited $$$)
Point No.
85 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Florida Needs Something New
As Governor I
will work on creating something new, it will make Florida a continuing Tourist Spot.
Point No.
85 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Florida
to Create New Island
With our State
continuing to grow there is becoming a shortage of sand/dirt, nevertheless, we
will evaluate the feasibility of making Florida’s
land area increase by collecting passing sand.
Point No.
86 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Each Resident Needs Hope
I will work to
make the lives of each Florida Resident better, even those few that I have not
been real friendly with due to my unhappiness.
Point No.
87 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Is it time to change our recycling approach
I want to
revisit the need to place a bottle return tax on all containers rather than
having the recycle truck driving every street once a week. We need to allow charities to make money on
the recycling products.
Point No.
88 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Buy Florida Products Now!
To create jobs
locally we need to know what companies make things in Florida, and as Governor I will create such
a list.
Point No.
89 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Pending for Handicapped
The fine for
parking in a handicapped spot will increase from $250 to $1000 plus loss of
your car for 30 days.
Point No.
90 Sweeten Florida Plan/
Pending for South FloridaPoint No. 91 Sweeten Florida
Plan/ Pending for Central Florida
Point No.
92 Sweeten Florida Plan/ Pending for North Florida
Point No.
93 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.com
Point No.
94 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@jhotmail.com
Point No.
95 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.comPoint
No. 96 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.com
Point No.
97 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.com
Point No.
98 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.com
Point No.
99 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.com
Point No.
100 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Pending send your ideas to candyorder@hotmail.com
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101 Sweeten Florida
Plan/Reserved for Special
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