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TALKING ELECTION NIGHT?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published November 8, 2024
In his blog posted on Monday, Eric said that he is not talking
politics.
WELL, I DO!
If we want to see owner-friendly bills enacted we surely need to
look at politics. And here we go:
This week I found out that election nights can be a lot more
interesting than even a real good movie – especially if the
results are great! And that was definitely the case this week
Tuesday/Wednesday.
And it was not only because Donald Trump won and will be the 47th
President of the USA, but because the results here in Florida
were absolutely great – in my opinion.
We read so much in the local media about condo owners and
homeowners were absolutely mad about the huge increase in
property insurance and the fact that legislators created laws
that finally show the real cost of living in Florida’s
condominiums.
The media tried to blame Senator Rick Scott for the high
insurance premiums and urged voters to vote for the communist
opponent: Scott won his re-election handily.
The media tried as well to blame Representative Vicki Lopez
(R-Miami) for the creation and enacting of the Condo Safety Bill
(HB 1021), a bill that will force some people to sell their
home. She won her re-election easily.
And Miami-Dade got a new sheriff – very important for all home
owners and condo owners in this county.
Rosie Cordero-Stutz vowed to crack down on Community
Association Corruption.
I am confident that there will be positive changes made during
the 2025 legislative session – after we have all the necessary
data to help fixing problems caused by the bills that were
enacted in the last two years.
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community associations. |
He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website:
http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
!
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