The Miami Herald Blog
By Mary Ellen Klas
June 4, 2012
It’s deja vu all over again. The latest election year fight over the future of Citizens Property Insurance is coming down to a war between politicians representing the interior and North Florida counties, whose Citizens rates are low and whose constituents don’t rely on the state-subsidized insurer, and politicians who represent the coastal and sinkhole counties who are dependent on the insurer.
Consider a letter sent today to the interim head of Citizens, Tom Grady, from 23 members of the state House and three state senators urging the insurer to move forward with its controversial plans to raise rates by as much as 30 percent in some areas. There’s not a South Florida legislator in the bunch….
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