DeSantis and despotism | Letters to the editor – Sun Sentinel

Re: DeSantis inaugurated for second term. ‘We’re far from done.’

I learn with curiosity the articles in the Sun Sentinel and The Miami Herald relating to our governor’s inauguration.

In my opinion, the solely factor Gov. DeSantis ought to obtain accolades for are his and the Legislature’s actions and funding of environmental points and the Everglades.

With regard to his so-called accomplishments, killing two or three thousand extra Floridians by his COVID “miscalculations” is simply the starting.

At some level I count on somebody will do a point-by-point comparisons of his “accomplishments” and his selfish “miscalculations.” But his branding of voters who don’t agree with him as despotic most likely displays on his ignorance and lack of an Ivy League training — oh, sorry, he does have an Ivy League training.

Despotism is “a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules by absolute power.”

Sounds like the previous 4 years right here in Florida, doesn’t it? As for being “woke,” to me, that’s being socially aware. I believe his implications throughout his speech inform us a lot about the governor and what the subsequent 4 years are going to be like right here in our state, and hopefully not the whole nation.

Paul De Young, Pembroke Pines

Re: Floridians need sunshine, not shady business | Editorial

You are so on level about how Floridians want extra sunshine.

Having served overseas as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State in autocratic nations (The U.A.E., Syria and Morocco), I can attest to the incontrovertible fact that the first indicators of one thing going awry in a authorities is when the press can not function brazenly and the mouthpieces of the regime vomit propaganda to the lots.

This is what we witnessed in Florida throughout DeSantis’ first time period. He was all about controlling the information of what he was actually doing, and protecting Floridians in the darkish.

DeSantis is straight out of George Orwell, speaking about freedom whereas truly imposing larger limits on voters, faculties, academics, and the LGBTQ group. When he finally broadcasts his run for the White House, Americans want to be much more vigilant in uncovering the soulless method he has ruined the fame of the Sunshine State.

He crows about Florida attracting extra Americans to transfer right here, however what many come to perceive as soon as they’re right here is that Florida is much from paradise.

Michael Varga, Wilton Manors

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. CEO Barry Gilway has retired after a formidable 10-year profession.

When he joined Citizens in 2012, it had 1.44 million insurance policies. By late 2019, Gilway diminished insurance policies to just below 420,000. Given the instability in the market and the failure of carriers in the state in the previous two years, insurance policies at Citizens have grown from 532,788 to 1.14 million. What used to be the insurer of final resort has change into a mammoth insurance coverage enterprise.

Citizens estimates that by the finish of 2023, it would insure shut to 1.7 million policyholders and soak up greater than $5.1 billion in premiums. To put that in context, Citizens acknowledges that it’s anticipated to write extra premium in 2023 than it has in its 20-year historical past.

While the Legislature has just lately handed legal guidelines, principally Band-Aids and different questionable restrictions designed to curtail Citizens, it’s essential that Citizens’ board recruit a real business chief to steer and redesign this $5 billion “non-profit” entity.

Howard A. Tescher, Fort Lauderdale

Letter author Neal Bluestein of Boca Raton consists of few information or statistics in his letters. They are rants towards Democrats.

If somebody has no political get together affiliation, ought to they be ostracized from voting in primaries? I consider not. Do atheists lose their proper to vote as a result of they don’t consider the United States is “one nation under God?” No. I’d hope that in the future, he would use information, statistics and proof to make his arguments.

Charles Terban, Hollywood