The recent op-ed by Eric Stelnicki (“Florida’s insurance reforms are paying off”) forgets to tell readers the primary reason for premium reductions. It’s because of the insanely high profits the insurance companies have made.
So this “reduction” is like asking for forgiveness, instead of permission.
Would it surprise anyone if the many people Stelnicki credits for the reduction saw this coming, and are now taking political advantage, hoping that reality does not enter the fable?
Any praise of state leaders for the good things they have done certainly requires a fact check.
Jay Pellis, Coral Springs
Editor’s Note: Op-ed writer Eric “Doc” Stelnicki is a pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgeon. He is a Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives in District 100 in coastal Broward.
Fighting mad in Boca
It’s time that our elected city leaders in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and all other South Florida cities joined those lawsuits in Bal Harbour, Hollywood and elsewhere, to fight the Live Local Act.
These are our cities. They do not belong to Tallahassee.
In Boca Raton, they are planning 341 apartments just east of I-95 on Palmetto Park Road via the Live Local Act.
The city is also considering 746 rental units, 186 condominiums, 150,000 square feet of office space and a 180-room hotel about a mile east on Palmetto Park Road, near Dixie Highway.
This will add thousands more cars to the roads.
It’s time that we residents got all of our cities to put a stop to this.
The politicians in Tallahassee don’t care. Look at who funds their campaigns and their PCs (political committees).
Brett Lassen, Boca Raton
Open carry prevents crime
It is your right to boycott Publix for its open carry gun policy.
But it’s incredibly naive to think that just because you don’t see a weapon, that there isn’t one strapped under a dress or pant leg or in a pocket or purse.
Open carry is a deterrent to crime.
Would you rob a business if you saw armed customers inside?
Sherry Wipplinger, Fort Lauderdale
Charlie Kirk County, Fla.
Much discussion is underway as to whether Broward County should be renamed Lauderdale County.
I have a more modest proposal.
Given Broward’s willingness to comply with state directives to remove symbols such as rainbow crosswalks, the willingness of stores to allow open carrying of firearms, and Broward’s proximity to Palm Beach County’s most famous resident, I suggest this name: Charlie Kirk County.
No one could possibly object. If they did, pushback would be immediate and severe.
Let’s do it! Let’s honor a remarkable individual who showed great courage in attacking Muslims, Jews, women’s rights and gun control advocates.
Richard Elliott, M.D., Boca Raton
A SNAP judgment of Trump
It’s kind of ironic that this president will not allow SNAP benefit payments so that people can afford food, yet on the other hand, he celebrates getting drug companies to lower prices of weight loss medications.
If SNAP is not fully supported very soon, many Americans will no longer need their weight loss meds!
Karyn Rhodes Dornfield, Boca Raton
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