The Gainesville Sun
by Charles Lee
April 11, 2011
As the Director of Advocacy for the Audubon of Florida, I read with great interest the opinion piece “Manley Fuller: End Florida’s hurricane insurance subsidies” (March 8). The Audubon of Florida is a wildlife conservation organization that works tirelessly to protect the water and wildlife habitat throughout our great state. Because of our work, I hope the Florida Legislature takes notice of the important points made by Fuller and spends this legislative session reforming both Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
As Fuller pointed out in his piece, reforming these two actuarially unsound, state-run entities is imperative to ending the practice of subsidizing irresponsible coastal development in the most hazardous areas of the state. Our organization stands in support with a strong belief that not taking the appropriate action “threatens the remaining unblemished beaches, coastal environments and barrier islands that are central to Florida’s tourism and economic development.”
We look to our elected officials to make these necessary changes to better protect the Sunshine State.
Charles Lee
Audubon of Florida
Tallahassee
