>> TONIGHT WE ARE ON THE AIR WITH MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL NORTHWEST FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.

WE ARE LIVE AND INTERACTIVE ON RADIO AND ON TELEVISION.

FROM THE GENE AND PAUL AMOS PERFORMANCE STUDIO, IT'S LEGISLATIVE REVIEW, DIALOGUE WITH THE DELEGATION.

>> THIS ORIGINAL WSRE PRESENTATION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

♪ >> GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M JEFF WEEKS.

IN ADDITION TO OUR TELEVISION BROADCAST ON WSRE TV, WE ARE ALSO BEING HEARD ON NEWS RADIO 92.3 FM AND AM 1620.

A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE LAD BROADCAST THE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW IN JANUARY OF 2020.

IN THE MIDST OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC NORTHWEST FLORIDA EXPERIENCED A MAJOR DISRUPTION.

HURRICANE SALLY.

DURING WHICH BARGES CRASHED INTO THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SPAN OF THE PENSACOLA BAY BRIDGE.

MAKING UNUSABLE UNTIL RECENTLY.

IT CAUSED MAJOR INCONVENIENCES AND ECONOMIC FALL OUT.

MEANWHILE IN TALLAHASSEE, COVID-19 AND DIVISIVE POLITICS MADE THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ONE TO REMEMBER.

CONTROVERSY AND DISTRACTIONSES ASIDE, THE SYSTEM STILL WORKS.

AND LAW MAKERS DID THEIR JOB.

PASSING NUMEROUS BILLS AND THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THE SUN SHINE STATE'S HISTORY.

GOVERNOR RON RON DESANTIS SIGNED THE $101 BILLION BUDGET YESTERDAY.

ON TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, WE WILL FIND OUT HOW NORTHWEST FLORIDA FARED IN THE 2021 SESSION.

WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, AND LEARN WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND.

THIS IS A FORUM FOR YOU TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

DO IT BY E MAIL OR PHONE, THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS QUESTIONS@WSRE.ORG OR GIVE US A CALL AT (850)484-1223 OR TOLL FREE AT 1, 800239WSRRE.

WE ARE JOIND BY MEMBERS OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA DELEGATION.

SENATOR DOUG BROXSON SENS DISTRICT ONE, CHAIR OF THE ASSOCIATION SUBCOMMITTEE, VICE CHAIR ON SUBCOMMITTEE, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS ETHICS AND ELECTIONS JUDICIARY AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

DISTRICT TWO SENATOR GEORGE GAINER WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US, CHAIR OF APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

FROM THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JAYER WILLIAMSON SERVES OUT DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATIVE WILL WILLIAMSON IS CHAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TOURISM APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, HIS OTHER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE APPROPRIATIONS, RULES AND PANDEMICS AND PUBLIC EMERGENCIES.

SERVES OUT DISTRICT 2 REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE IS A REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE WHIP AND SERVES ON EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE AND PRE-K THROUGH 12 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE.

PAT MANEY SERVES DISTRICT 4.

ELECTED IN 2020 TAKING THE SPOT LEFT VACANT BY MEL PONDER REPRESENTATIVE MANEY WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US, HIS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTIN AND PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

NOT SINCE 2006 WHEN HOLLY BENEFIT BENSON HELD THE SEAT HAS NORTHWEST FLORIDA DELEGATION HAD A FEMALE MEMBER BUT 2020 MICHELLE SALZMAN DEFEATING FRANCINE MATHIS.

SHE REPRESENTS HOUSE DISTRICT 1.

REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN IS ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, ADMINISTRATION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS SUB MINIMUM AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND LIFE LONG LEARNING SUBCOMMITTEE.

LADY AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME, THAT WAS A LOT TO GET OUT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE LAST GATHERED HERE JANUARY 2020 AND WE USUALLY DO THESE COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR BUT BECAUSE OF COVID WE ARE UNABLE TO DO SO, A LOT HAS CHANGED.

SENATOR BROXSON I USUALLY BEGIN WITH YOU AND JUST START OFF BY ASKING YOU THE 10,000-FOOT VIEW OF HOW YOUR TAKE ON THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> STRANGE.

IT'S VERY UNUSUAL NOT TO SEE THE CAPITOL FULL OF PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND FRANKLY IN A SENATE WE IMPOSED THE RULE THAT SAYS NO ONE EXCEPT STAFF AND SENATORS COULD BE IN THE BUILDING.

THE HOUSE HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH BUT NOTHING ANY SENATORS ENJOYED.

WE LIKE PEOPLE, THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE IN POLITICS.

AND TO BE SEPARATED FROM THOSE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT WAS VERY PAINFUL AND HOPEFULLY GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU, REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON?

>> A LOT OF UNKNOWNS GOING INTO THE SESSION WHETHER PROTOCOLS OR SENATE BUT STILL HAD TO DO BUSINESS OF THE STATE AND BUSINESS OF PEOPLE OF STATE OF FLORIDA SO I THINK WE HAVE ONE JOB WE HAVE TO DO EVERY TIME WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE, THAT'S TO COME BACK WITH A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE DID THAT, IT WAS A GOOD BUDGET FOR STATE OF FLORIDA AND GREAT BUDGET FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT.

>> REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE.

>> TAILING OFF WHAT SENATOR BROXSON AND CHAIR WILLIAMSON SAID, THEME WAS UNKNOWNS THROUGHOUT SESSION WE HAD SHIFTING CDC ARE PROTOCOLS THROUGHOUT.

GOING INTO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GOING INTO THE BUILDING OR WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE SO TO RIDE OUT THROUGH SESSION WEEK THROUGH WEEK WE GOT TESTED TWO TIMES EVERY WEEK BEFORE ALLOWED IN THE CAPITOL FOR COVID-19.

JUST IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT SESSION NAVIGATING THE UNKNOWNS.

>> REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN YOU PICKED A GREAT YEAR TO START.

>> I THINK I DID ACTUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO COMPARE IT TO BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THAT THE THING WITH COVID WHETHER IT BE BUDGET REFLECTIVE OF COVID OR HOW WE OPERATE IN THE CAPITOL BECAUSE OF COVID AND INITIAL PRIORITIES IN THE HOUSE WAS PASSING COVID LIABILITY LEGISLATION SO CERTAINLY COVID WAS ON EVERYBODY'S MINDSs ESPECIALLYs WHO TESTS PEER WEEK.

AND THE 12 TO 15 HOUR DAYS WEARING FACE MASKS.

IT WAS FUN AND WE CERTAINLY GOT SOME GOOD STUFF DONE FOR FLORIDA.

>> WELCOME.

NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

SENATOR BROXSON LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU, LET'S TALK WHAT HAPPENED LOCALLY.

GOOD YEAR FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA, WHAT I CAN TELL.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?

>> FIRST YEAR IN MY MEMORY OF 11 YEARS SERVING WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE VETO PROJECT.

AND THAT CERTAINLY WAS IMPORTANT TO OUR COLLEGE SYSTEMS AND UNIVERSITY AND TO EVERY PART OF WHAT MAKES NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNIQUE PART OF THE STATE.

SO WE ARE VERY PROUD WE WORKED AS A TEAM AND WE ARE ABLE TO BRING IT TOGETHER AT THE END OF SESSION AND OF COURSE WE HAD THE STIMULUS, WE HAD THREE STIMULUSES THAT CAME FROM WASHINGTON, MUCH OF THAT MONEY WENT DIRECTLY TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

OR TWO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS BOTH K-12 AND UNIVERSITIES AND FRANKLY IT WAS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR FLORIDA THAT IS VERY INDEPENDENT, VERY BUDGET CONSCIOUS TO SEE THAT KIND OF MONEY FLOW INTO FLORIDA THAT CHALLENGES OUR PRINCIPLES.

>> REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON PROUD OF BRINGING HOME THE BACON?

>> TWO PROJECTS FOR TOWN OF JAY, $300,000 FOR TOWN OF JAY PARKS PROJECT.

WE HAD $250,000 FOR WELL PUMP IN THE TOWN OF JAY, TWO PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MELTON, WE ARE ALSO FUNDED AND WE ALSO HAD PROJECTS IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AS WELL, NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF ME DOING WORK BUT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE AT THIS TABLE.

PEOPLE TALK POLL POLITICS AND LOOK AT POLITICS AS AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT WHEN IN THE LEGISLATURETURE IT IS A TEAM SPORTS.

BEFORE YOU FILE BILLS MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN PROPER POSTURE WORK THE BILLS THROUGH PROCESS AND AFTERWARDS ONCE THEY PASS THROUGH LEGISLATURE TO BUDGET WORK IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE IMPORTANCE O OF PROJECTS.

PROUD OF THEVINGS AT AT THE TABLE I COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM AND I HOPE THEY SAY THE SAME THING.

WE HAD A GOOD DAY THIS WEEK WHEN THE BUDGET WAS SIGNED AND THE GOVERNOR COMMITTED TO NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND WE WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

>> REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE.

>> DOVE TAILING OFF WHAT THE TWO GENTLEMAN SAID I MADE A JOKE EARLIER DURING SESSION TOWN OF JAY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO TOWN OF JAYER.

BECAUSE OF GOOD BUDGET YEAR.

IN MY FIRST TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN 2019 AND B 2020 I WAS PROUD TO WORK WITH SENATOR BROXSON GET TEN PROJECTS FUNDED THE FIRST YEAR AND 11 THE SECOND YEAR.

BUT BOTH YEARS GOVERNOR VETOED HALF, I ENDED UP HAVING SIX AND BOTH YEARS.

THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH PHONE CALLS BACK HOME SAYING THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TO DATE IS NOT COMING THIS YEAR.

FOR WHATEVER REASON.

SO TO HAVE 14 PROJECTS I WORKED 13 OF THOSE 14 WITH SENATOR BROXSON, HAVE TWO VETOED AND NEITHER AFFECTING OUR DISTRICT OR OUR COMMUNITY, IT WAS RELIEF NOT TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE BAD PHONE CALLS.

A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZES AND PROGRAMS HERE IN THE DISTRICT THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT MONEY.

SO I'M JUST MORE RELIEVED THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT SUPPORT BACK HOME.

>> REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN.

>> I'M JUST EXCITED, ALL OF MY PROJECTS WERE FUNDED AND WHEN WE CAME INTO THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION I REMEMBER HAVING MEETINGS WITH JAYER AND HIM TELLING ME REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON, SORRY TELLING ME BE MINDFUL WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGE LOOKS LIKE WE'LL TRY TO FIGHT, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND SO I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO GET.

I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE JUST WORKING TOGETHER AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION CERTAINLY HELPED BEING ON THE SAME PAGE WITH MAJORITY OF PROJECTS BEING SOMETHING THAT THE STATE PRIORITIES ARE WITH WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION I THINK THAT IT MADE A LITTLE EASIER BUT I'M PROUD OF FINALLY GETTING THE BLUFFS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, THAT WAS A TWO 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT FULLY FUNDED AND THE ASK AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS GETTING CENTURY SOME MONEY FOR THEIR WELL PROJECT THEY HAVE COMING INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET MONEY BASED OFF HISTORICAL THINGS GOING ON SO WE WERE CREATIVE IN THE ASK AND WENT THROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ASKED THEM TO MANAGE THAT MONEY AND THAT WAS OBVIOUS OBVIOUSLY PARTNERSHIP WITH SENATOR BROXSON AND STAFF.

CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN HOW TO EVEN CREATE A PROJECTED LIKE THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM AND HIS STAFF BUT LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PROCESS OF MORE FUNDS FOR CENTURY AND REALLY TRYING TO DEVELOP THAT PART OF MY DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT DON'T BRING IN ENOUGH TAX REVENUE TO TAKE CARE OF INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR WEAKEST LINK NOT THAT CENTURY IS WEAK BUT CERTAINLY WEAK IN TAX REVENUE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WE TAKE CARE OF THEM.

>> A LOT OF GROWTH IN YOUR DISTRICT.

>> YES.

>> WE HAVE MANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EMAILED IN IF OR PHONED IN FROM VIEWERS AND LISTENERS AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.

YOU CAN DIAL IN AT (850)484-1223 AND ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS WILL TAKE THE QUESTION DOWN TO ME.

SIMPLY SEND YOUR QUESTION TO QUESTIONS@WSRE.ORG.

THAT'S QUESTIONS AT WSRE.ORG.

SENATOR BROXSON, YOU KNEW THIS HAD TO BE COMING, THAT LITTLE BRIDGE OVER THERE, THAT CAUSED SO MUCH TROUBLE.

ONE OF OUR VIEWERS WANTS TO KNOW WHAT ASSURANCES HAS SKANSKA OFFERED DURING HURRICANE SEASON SEASONS WILL THEY DO A BETTER JOB IN SECURING BARGES DURING HURRICANE?

>> WE CAN ONLY HOPE SO.

IF YOU LIVE THAT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OR WORK ON THE BEACH IT WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR EIGHT MONTHS.

SKANSKA CERTAINLY WAS EMBARRASSED BY WHAT HAPPENED AND I GUESS THE FEDERAL JUDGE WILL MAKE A DECISION WHETHER THERE IS THIRD PARTY LIABILITY.

WE KNOW THEY HAVE DIRECT LIABILITY THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT IT WOULD BE THE ONLY BRIDGE BUILT IN FLORIDA WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WON'T BE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.

THE ANIMOSITY TOWARDS THEM IS UNPARALLELED AND YOU ALWAYS HATE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT WORK OUT THERE, SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING CREATED THE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THEY DIDN'T MOVE 27 BARGES AND WE KNOW THE RESULT, WE ARE ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL, WITHIN A MONTH WE HOPE TO BE FOUR LANES AND BY END OF SUMMER WE WILL BE AT THE FULL TWO BRIDGE SPAN.

IT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING.

WORKING WITH D DOT AND NOT DEALING WITH LITIGATION BUT WITH THE OPERATION WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHICH WE HAVE TO APPLAUD HIM EACH 30 DAYS HE RE KNEWED SUSPENSION OF TOLL ON GARCON POINT BRIDGE.

35,000 CARS WENT THROUGH THAT FREE AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT THROUGH JUNE.

UNTIL WE GET THE FOUR LANES THEN DEAL WITH CONSEQUENCES OF ALL OF THIS AFTER PROBABLY INTO THE FALL.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE GARCON POINT BRIDGE.

HOW WILL THAT BE SQUARED UP, CLEARLY THEY MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF REVENUE NOT THAT THEY HAVE HAD THAT REVENUE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT BUT NONETHELESS PEOPLE WENT OVER FORE FREE FOR A LONG TIME.

WILL THAT EVER BE MADE WHOLE?

>> IN THE DOCUMENT THAT CONTROLS THE OPERATION OF THE BRIDGE, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY DECLARED, IT DELAY IT IS PAYMENT UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE CAN MEET AND THEN EITHER REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON OR I OR BOTH PRESENT A BILL TO THE LEGISLATURE REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT.

BUT LISTEN, WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM AND SURE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EVENTUALLY SEE THE PEOPLE FLORIDA ON THAT BRIDGE AND LET THEM GET OUT OF THE BRIDGE BUSINESS AND I BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON AND I WILL BE WORKING TO -- AND REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE MONEY THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE FEDS AND NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT, WHETHER THAT HAPPENS IS NOT OUR DECISION, IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND WE'LL SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO TALK TO US, THEY CERTAINLY GOING TO WANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE PROBABLY $30 MILLION OF REVENUE THEY LOST.

AND WE WANT A LONGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT BRIDGE BEFORE WE PRESENT THOSE BILLS.

>> KIND OF EXPLAIN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THAT BRIDGE.

>> THIS BRIDGE IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT FORMED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THE EARLY '90s.

IT WAS PRIVATELY FUNDED BASED ON FEASIBILITY STUDY SIMILAR TO ONE THEY DID WITH MID BAY BRIDGE IN NICEVILLE.

FRANKLY THE STUDY WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE PROJECTIONS WERE NOT CORRECT AND THE BRIDGE WENT INTO DEFAULT AROUND 2008.

NOW THE -- THEY DO NOT OWN BRIDGE.

THEY OWN THE REVENUE.

AND THE DOCUMENT GUARANTEES THEM UNDER ANY CONDITIONS THEY WERE ALWAYS HAVE THE REVENUE UNTIL THE BRIDGE IS PAID OFF.

SO IT IS A COMPLICATED FORMULA, ONE OF MOST CHALLENGING THINGS TO NAVIGATE THROUGH FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THIS AREA.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT WHEN THAT TOLL GOES BACK UP ON THE PEOPLE'S BACK AT $5 PER CAR, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO ACT SEVERALS IT IS $5 PER AXEL YOU WILL SEE MORE TRAFFIC GOING OVER PENSACOLA BAY BRIDGE, THERE IS A LOT OF RESENTMENT TOWARDS THE INSENSITIVITY OF THE OWNERS OF THAT BRIDGE CONCERNING THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NORTH END AND THE SOUTH END SANTA ROSA COUNTY.

>> SO THE END GOAL WOULD BE THE STATE OF FLORIDA OWN THAT AT SOME POINT?

>> REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON AND I PRESENTED A BILL COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND HOPE TO HAVE SOME BUY IN FROM THE BONDHOLDERS.

WE DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE WE WERE LOOKING FOR AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT BILL DIED, WAS NEVER PART OF THE BILL THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD SIGN.

WE THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

TO REVISIT THE ISSUE.

SURE REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON HAS COMMENTS HE HAS ON IT BUT WOE FOUND OUT HOW VALUABLE THAT BRIDGE IS AND WE KNOW DURING STORM SEASON THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A ROUTE NORTH OFF THE PENINSULA.

SO IT'S VITAL, I SAY THIS, THAT IF THERE IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE TODAY I THINK WOULD JUSTIFY DOT BUILDING A BRIDGE.

SO WHY CAN'T WE GET THAT PERSPECTIVE BACK TO THEM AND SAY WE HAVE A USABLE BRIDGE SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE OWNERSHIP.

>> THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH SINCE THAT BRIDGE WAS ORIGINALLY PUT UP.

CLEARLY, LIKE YOU SAID PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE IN THE EVENT OF STORM.

DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT?

>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS A DAY THAT GOES BY, NOT A WEEK THAT THE SENATOR THAT THE BRIDGE UNFORTUNATELY AND HOW DO WE FIX IT.

THE REVENUES THAT GENERATED OR HAVE BEEN GENERATED DON'T DOSER THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE BRIDGE, THE STATE WAVES THE TUNE OF 1 1/2 MILLION O $2 MILLION A YEAR.

EVERYBODY SAYS WHY NOT BUY THE BRIDGE?

IF YOU WANT TO BUY A BRIDGE HAVE A WILLING SELLER.

SO I THINK THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND WE TRIED IN THE PAST, JUST HASN'T GOTTEN TO THE RIGHT SPOT.

FOR THE BONDHOLDERS AND TRUSTEE TO BE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH US.

WE WILL PUSH FOR THAT AND I'M COMMITTED TO THAT BEFORE I LEAVE OFFICE.

>> VERY GOOD.

EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE BRIDGE?

>> WHICH ONE?

>> THE GARCON POINT.

>> WELL, GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION POSTED TO SENATOR BROXSON WHAT AINSURANCES FROM SKANSKA, FIRST THEY HAD A SAFETY PLAN LAST YEAR, IT SAID IF A NAMED STORM IN THE GULF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MOVE THEIR BARGES TO EAST BAY.

THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.

WE HAVE DOCUMENT DOT SAYING THAT.

AND LETTING THAT ON SKANSKA BREECHING THEIR CONTRACT.

BEING ASSESSED $35,000 DAMAGES ON THE BOOKS, ONCE THE PROJECT IS FULLY DONE, THAT LIQUIDATED DAMAGES ASSESSMENT THAT CALCULATION HAS TO BE -- THEY HAVE TO TEE THAT UP, WE ARE LOOKING AT 10 1/2 MILLION SO FAR SINCE NOVEMBER IN LIQUIDATED DAMAGES ALONE SO NOT JUST FEDERAL FUNDS COMING DOWN TO HELP US MAKE LEMONADE OUT OF THE LEMONS WE HAVE BEEN SERVED COULD BE SOME LIQUIDATED DAMAGE IT IS STATE IS GOING TO RECEIVE OFF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, WE STILL HAVE $80 MILLION ON THE $435 MILLION CONTRACT TO BUILD THREE MILE BRIDGE THE STATE HAS IN THE ACCOUNT.

IT'S NOT A MERIT OF WRITING THE CHECK IT'S WITHHOLDING THAT PAYMENT.

AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENS IN LITIGATION ON THE CONTRACT ITSELF.

I DO ANTICIPATES THERE WILL BE SOME DISPUTE BETWEEN SKANSKA AND THE STATE.

ONCE THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPLETE, BUT BARRING SOME DELAY IN LITIGATION, THEM SETTLING ON THE PROJECT AMOUNT ITSELF WE SHOULD HAVE FUNDS GOING BACK TO THE TRUST FUND TO BE USED TO OFFSET WHATEVER REFINANCING MIGHT HAVE TO OCCUR TO PURCHASE THAT GARCON POINT BRIDGE FROM THE BONDHOLDERS.

BUT AGAIN, TWO GENTLEMEN TO MY RIGHT DEALING WITH THIS FAR LONGER THAN I HAVE AND THE ISSUE ULTIMATELY IS NOT JUST NEGOTIATING WITH BONDHOLDERS WHO PURCHASE BONDS NOT LISTED AS INVESTABLE AT THE TIME THEY PURCHASED BUT DEALING WITH A TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY COURT BECAUSE THAT BRIDGE HAS BEEN SEVERSHIP SINCE 2008 SO THERE'S POTENTIAL THERE, THOUGH THE BRIDGE IS BACK UP, THE REALLY THE UNIQUE FUND PART BEGINS NOW FOR FORWARD THINKING TEAM APPROACH ON HOW TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE REGION IN THE FUTURE.

>> REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN.

>> I WOULD ECHO WHAT ALL THE GENTLEMEN SAID HERE.

I THINK THAT BUYING THE BRIDGE IS CERTAINLY A SMART MOVE AND NOT A NEW IDEA BUT MAYBE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW IS TO REVISIT THAT AND CERTAINLY WE NEED THE BRIDGE, WE NEED THAT ADDITIONAL WAY BACK AND FORTH.

SO I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT THESE GENTLEMEN DO AND WILL BE RUNNING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

>> GREAT.

GREAT.

LET'S RUN THROUGH SOME OTHER TOPICS FROM OUR VIEWERS.

POLICE REFORM.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE LEGISLATURES EFFORTS IN REGARD TO POLICE REFORM THIS YEAR, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE SCOPE AND DETAILS OF OF THAT LEGISLATION.

I WILL THROW THAT FOR JUMP BALL HERE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT TO BEGIN WITH.

>> NOBODY JUMP AT ONCE GUYS.

NO, WE DID HAVE ONE BILL PASSED BY CHAIR BIRD CHAIR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE AND HOUSE, DEALING WITH SOME CONCERNS FOLKS HAVE ABOUT OVERREACHING POLICE OFFICERS, I WOULD CHALLENGE SOMEWHAT THE PREMISE OF THE QUESTION AND FACT A LOT OF CONSTERNATION AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE IS DUE TO SIMPLY BAD ACTING POLICE OFFICERS, BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE FULLY TRAINED.

AND WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MS.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE UNDERFUNDED.

SO I'M EXCITE FORD THE FACT THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET WE ARE GIVING BONUSES TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN STATE, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, WE ARE RECOMMITTING TO THAT TRAINING PROCESS AND WE DISCUSSED, AND WE ALSO STOOD FAST IN HOUSE BILL 1 AND SAID YOU WILL NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS HERE IN FLORIDA.

BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO DATE NOW SOME CITIES THAT WENT THAT ROUTE ARE NOW CALLING FOR MORE POLICE OFFICER PRESENCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN THE EFFECTS OF REDUCTION IN POLICE OFFICER PRESENCE.

SO THIS IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH, THIS IS NOT A I DO NOT ASCRIBE TO VILIFYING AN ENTIRE HONORABLE PROFESSION LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST YEAR.

BUT SUPPORTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FINANCES AND PUTTING MONEY WHERE MOUTH IS, YOU HAVE SHERIFF BOB JOHNSON COMMITTING TO HAVING BODY CAMERAS ON HIS DEPUTIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THOSE ARE GOOD STEPS.

FOCUS ON TRAINING IS ABSOLUTELY A GOOD STEP AS WELL.

HOPE THAT IS SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR THE QUESTION THE PERSON ASKED.

>> WE HAVE MADE A STRONG COMMITMENT WE WILL PROTECT OUR POLICE WHEN THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO PEACEFULLY HAVE PROTESTS, THAT'S FINE.

WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT WITHOUT DESTROYING SOMEONE'S PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WE SENT A CLEAR STATEMENT, THIS IS NO WAY DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM DOING WHAT THEY CAN DO CONSTITUTIONALLY AND THE BILL WE PASS WILL PASS MUSTER AS FAR AS THE COURTS WE MADE GOOD PUBLIC DECISIONS THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> YOU TALKING ANTI-RYE -- RIOTING?

>> TA EXPAND ON THAT.

TALK ABOUT THAT BILL AND I -- WHOEVER WANTS TO JUMP IN.

>> I WANT TO ADD TOO TO REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT COURT BIRD'S BILL.

THAT WAS BIPARTISANSHIP BILL.

A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH THE DEMOCRAT CAUCUS AND I THINK ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS WAS TRACY DAVIS OUT OF JACKSONVILLE, THE MINORITY LEADER WAS ALSO VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HAVING THAT LEGISLATION PASSED.

IT WAS A BILL THAT THE WHOLE CHAMBER SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME REFORMS IN PLACE TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES.

ANY PROFESSION YOU HAVE YOU HAVE BAD APPLES YOU HAVE IT IN ALL THINGS.

WE WILL SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN STATE OF FLORIDA BUT ALSO REALIZE THAT WHATEVER PROFESSION YOU HAVE YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT OVERSTEP BOUNDARY AND WE WILL MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR STATE.

I WANT TO UNCLEAR THAT THAT BILL WAS SUPPORTED BY ALL PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER AND HOUSE.

>> THAT WAS NOT HB 1.

T >> THAT WAS COURT BETTER'S BILL.

>> WHERE BACK TO ANTI-RIOTING.

>> THE COURT BIRD'S BILL WAS HIGHLY TOUTED BY PARTISAN BY BIPARTISAN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.

HOUSE BILL 1 ALTERNATIVE WAS IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING THAT I THINK I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN ELECTED OFFICE AS A REPUBLICAN.

THE SAME FOLKS THAT FOR MY FIRST YEAR AND A HALF WERE SAYING MY SPEECH WAS VIOLENCE TURNED AND SAID THEIR VIOLENCE WAS SPEECH.

AND THERE'S A SCHISM IN THE UNITED STATES ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES FREE SPEECH, WHAT CONSTITUTES FREE EXPRESSION WHAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN AMERICA UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND I SEE HB 1 A COURSE CORRECTION IN REASSERTING THAT FIRST AMENDMENT STANDS FOR THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST.

YOU DON'T GET TO HARM ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL PERSON YOU DON'T GET TO DAMAGE SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY YOU DON'T GET TO LOOT OR DAMAGE BUILDINGS, YOU DON'T GET TO GO AND CALL FOR BURNING DOWN OF POLICE PRECINCTS.

AND CALL IT FREE SPEECH BECAUSE IT IS NOT.

IT IS VIOLENCE.

AND WHILE I CAN RECOGNIZE THE ANGST AND ANGER FOLKS FELT IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A SINGLE POLITICIAN IN AMERICA REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT WHO DID NOT DENOUNCE HIS DEATH AS A MURDER A FUNDAMENTALLY UN-AMERICAN MURDER, FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWN, WHEN THE RESPONSE TO THAT IS SAYING THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHOULD PROTECT A BRICK BEING THROWN AT A POLICE OFFICER WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

THE CONSTITUTION WILL ERR ON OUR SIDE.

THE FOLKS THAT SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 1.

SO IT'S -- SORRY JUST TO REASSERT FIRST AMENDMENT STANDS FOR ONE THING AND DAMAGING PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS IS NOT PROTECTING FIRST AMENDMENT.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THAT SITS AT THIS TABLE OR ANYBODY ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYS PEOPLE CAN'T PEACEFULLY PROTEST.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROTEST AND RIOT.

BURNING DOWN BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY IS NOT A PROTEST THAT'S A RIOT.

THERE'S CYBER ATTACKS IMPORTANT TO THAT BILL.

WHEN WE LOOK A FACE BOX AND OTHER THINGS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T INTIMIDATED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT A PROTEST IS A PROTEST.

PEOPLE CAN PEACEFULLY PROTEST, WHETHER I AGREE WITH WHAT THEY PRO PROTEST OR NOT THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BURN DOWN BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.

>> REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN, COMMENTARY ON IT?

>> I THINK THEY SUMMED IT UP.

>> ET LEASE TALK ABOUT -- LET'S TALK ABOUT AL MONEY REFORM.

- - ALIMONY REFORM.

THAT.

COS UP EVERY YEAR.

>> LET'S TALK ALIMONY REFORM.

>> SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIGGER DEAL THIS YEAR THAN PERHAPS THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WHO WOULD LIKE -- >> REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE WAS A PRIME, HE WOULD BE A GOOD BERN TO SPEAK TO IT.

>> >> START WITH YOU.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT?

>> FLORIDA IS ONE OF SIX STATES IN THE COUNTRY THAT STILL ALLOWS PERMANENT ALIMONY.

A JUDGE CAN REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME YOU HAVE BEEN -- YOU WERE MARRIED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THE JUDGE CAN ASSIGN YOU WHAT IS CALLED PERMANENT ALIMONY.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO YOUR EXSPOUSE AND IF YOU WANT TO RETIRE YOU HAVE TO ASK THAT JUDGE PERMISSION.

IF YOUR EXSPOUSE HAPPENS TO NOT LIKE YOU WHICH I THINK STATISTICALLY IS PROBABLY THE CASE, YOU MAY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH LITIGATION TO GET A JUDGE TO SIGN OFF AND A A ALLOW YOU TO RETIRE WITH DIG ANITY AND STOP -- DIGNITY AND STOP HAVING TO WORK TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS THE STRUCTURE OF ALIMONY IN STATE OF FLORIDA AND DEBATE DISREGARDS THE FACT THAT AT THE OUTSET OF DIVORCE YOU SPLIT ALL YOUR WORLDLY ASSETS YOU ACCUMULATED DURING THAT MARRIAGE 50/50 AT LEAST.

ERRING THE BENEFIT OF WHICHEVER SPOUSE MAY NOT HAVE GONE AND EARNED AN INCOME OR INCREASED THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACUMEN DURING THE MARRIAGE BECAUSE OF SACRIFICES IN RECOGNITION OF WHAT THEY DID DURING THAT MARRIAGE.

IT'S THE TYPE OF BILL THAT TENDS TO PUT PEOPLE IN TWO CORNERS AND PEGS PEOPLE IN TWO DIFFERENT STEREOTYPES BUT I DID RUN A BILL LAST YEAR TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO RETIRE WITH DIGNITY, THEY PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE, DIDN'T MOVE THE SENATE.

THIS YEAR THERE WERE SIGN IT IS SENATE WAS WILLING TO CONSIDER IT.

UNFORTUNATELY TOWARDS THE END OF SESSION AFTER IT PASSED IN TWO COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE, IT DIED THIRD COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE SO IT MOVED FARTHER BUT ULTIMATELY IN STATE OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT INCENTIVIZES LITIGATION.

I DON'T THINK THE FOLKS AT HOME REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH LITIGATION COSTS.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING 50 TO $150,000 POTENTIALLY ARGUING OVER $2,000 A MONTH PAYMENT.

YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO BURN DOWN THEIR NET ASSETS IN THE PROCESS.

AND IT'S ANTI-CONSUMER, IT HURTS THE FAMILY.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHILD SUPPORT OR CUSTODY.

ALIMONY DOESN'T.

THE BILL CONTAIN AS 50/50 CHILD SHARING PRESUMPTION AND THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE INSTANCES WE HEARD WHERE YOU HAD ONE SPOUSE SAYING I WON'T CHALLENGE THE ALIMONY PAYMENT I WON'T CHALLENGE CHILD CUSTODY IF YOU GIVE ME THE VACATION HOME.

AND IT WAS RESULTED IN P A VISCERAL RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE, IF YOU HEAR THESE STORIES WHERE CHILDREN ARE TREATED THE SAME LEVEL AS VACATION HOMES AND VEHICLES, IT DRIVES PEOPLE TO WANT TO KEEP PROVISION IN.

IT PROBABLY PREVENTSES THE OVERARCHING ALIMONY REFORM PATHING BUT MIDDLE GROUND SHOULD BE REACHED IN THE FUTURE.

>> ANYONE ELSE COMMENT?

>> I WILL TELL YOU IT WAS THE MOST PASSIONATE TESTIMONY ON BOTH SIDES.

YOU HAVE TESTIMONY FROM PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THE SYSTEM SOLVES THEIR ISSUES AND THEN THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE IT WAS DESTROYING THEIR LIFE.

ANY TIME YOU DEPEND ON LAW TO CREATE SATISFACTION IN HUMAN CONDITIONS, WE CAN'T DO IT.

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND THE MIDDLE POINT.

HOPEFULLY FUTURE YEARS WE CAN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING MISTREATED ON BOTH SIDES.

HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL HAVE SOME TESTAMENT CHARACTER SHOW UP IN LEGISLATURE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SPLIT THE BABY AND GIVE US A BILL THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> I PERSONALLY CONSIDER ALIMONY A FORM OF WELFARE.

I'M NOT A FAN.

I CERTAINLY SUPPORT ALIMONY REFORM.

MY BIGGEST QUALM WITH THE CURRENT BILL AS WRITTEN WAS THE 50/50 CUSTODY ISSUE THAT WAS PLACED IN THERE.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND IT BUT AS A MOM OF THREE CHILDREN AND DI VERSEE AND P -- SEEKING ADVICE AND HOW TO STRUCTURE THEIR LIVES AS THEY GO THROUGH THESE CHANGES, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT MEN HAVE HAD A HARD TIME OVERCOMING IN THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THEIR CHILD WITHOUT A DOLLAR SIGN WAVED OVER THEIR HEAD.

NOT THAT THE REFORM WITH ADDING 50/50 WAS A BAD IDEA, FOR ME FUNDAMENTALLY, THE REASON I DIDN'T CARRY THE BILL BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO CARRY THE BILL, WAS THAT ONE COMPONENT, NOT THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT CHILD CUSTODY AND ALIMONY IN THE SAME BILL, IT MUDDIES THE WATER I WOULD LOVE TO HELP GET RID OF ALIMONY.

I DON'T AGREE, MAYBE A TEMPORARY - - I LIKED A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT WAS PRESENTED, I REALLY LIKED THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT ON HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS IT AND ANALYZE HOW LONG YOU WERE THERE AND WERE YOU DISABLED AND WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE HOME, I LOVE THAT.

LOT OF THOUGHT IN THAT BUT WHEN YOU MIX IT TOGETHER IT CREATES A HARD CONVERSATION.

THAT WAS A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION THAT I HAD HEARD WHEN TALKING TO FAMILIES ABOUT THE ALIMONY RE REFORM BILL.

THERE WAS OPPOSITION ON THE OTHER END THAT SAYS I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING ALIMONY MY WHOLE LIFE.

I GET $5,000 FOR 10, 15 YEARS AND NOW YOU ARE TAKING IT AWAY AND MY FIRST THOUGHT NOT TRYING TO BE INSENSITIVE IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN THAT FOR 10 TO 15 YEARS, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WITH YOUR MONEY TO THE POINT YOU WOULD -- YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THAT FOR THE REST OF YOU YOU ARE LIFE?

IF I WAS GETTING THAT KIND OF MONEY AND I WAS SITTING AT HOME I WOULD FIND A CAREER.

FIND A WAY TO BECOME SELF-SUSTAINS WHERE I'M NOT ON THAT WELFARE SYSTEM.

NOT THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE IT BY LAW BUT IS IT REALLY ETHICAL TO LIVE THAT WAY.

SO I LIKED A LOT OF ABOUT THE BILL.

CERTAINLY THINK WE NEED TO REFORM ALIMONY.

I'M WILLING TO BE A HUGE CHAMPION WITH THAT CONCEPT BUT IN THIS CASE WITH THAT 50/50 CHILD SHARE THING I JUST I DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

I DID VOTE YET BECAUSE I HAVE THE THING WHERE IF I LIKE MOST OF THE BILL I'M ABSOLUTELY IN.

IF I COULD GET 100% OF WHAT I I WANTED I'M NOT IN THE RIGHT FIELD.

SUPPOSED TO BE GIVE AND TAKE, SETTLE A MAJORITY OF WHAT LOOKS GOOD.

I FELT LIKE THE BILL WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO VOTE AND PASS ON THE FLOOR IF POSSIBLE.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION.

I THINK CHAMPIONING THAT BILL AND PUSHING IT FORWARD TWO YEARS IN A ROW AND GETTING FURTHER EACH TIME, THAT SHOW THERE IS IS A NEED FOR SOMETHING IN FLORIDA.

>> VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTARY OR SHOULD WE MOVE ON?

>> IT'S BEEN TALKED TO DEATH.

>> HERE IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

MAKES SENSE.

GENTLEMAN WRITES IN AND SAYS TRANSFER UPON DEATH/DEEDS AND TITLES.

DO YOU PLAN TO INTRODUCE OR SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSFER UPON DEATH OF REAL ESTATE DEEDS AND VEHICLE TITLES, HE SAYS THE OPTION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR REAL ESTATE AND AT LEAST 28 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND VEHICLES IN 19 STATES AND HIS COMMENTARY IT GREETLY EASES THE BURDEN ON BEREAVED FAMILIES.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

>> THIS IS A NEW UNIQUE ONE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I WOULD SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, FROM THE LEGAL COMPONENT STANDPOINT SOME TYPE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSFER IT CAN MAKE SENSE IN THEORY BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO WEEDS ON CHAIN OF TITLE, HERE NORTHWEST FLORIDA WE HAVE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DIE INTEST STATE, MEANING YOU DON'T HAVE HAVE A WILL AND NO DIRECT SPOUSE OR SPECIFIC PERSON THAT CAN BE DELINEATED THAT'S OBVIOUS.

WHO DO YOU TRANSFER THAT TO?

WHO DO TRANSFER THAT VEHICLE TO?

WE HAVE PEOPLE -- PROPERTIES PLOTS OF LAND IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA OWNED BY 30 DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF HOW MANY GENERATIONS HAVE DIED INTESTATE IN CLEANING THAT UP HAS BECOME A CONCERN.

I'M MORE PASSIONATE FIGURING A STREAMLINED WAY TO CLEAR THE TITLE AND MAKE THAT PROPERTY ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE AGAIN SO IT WILL EMPOWER PEOPLE NOW WHO DON'T HAVE FINANCIAL MEANS TO USE THAT PROPERTY, OR DON'T HAVE FINANCIAL MEANS TO HIRE LAWYER TO CLEAR THE TITLE THEMSELVES BUT TRANSFERRING PROPERTY AFTER SOMEONE PASSES IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT.

I HAVE TO LOOK WHAT THE THE OTHER STATES HAVE DONE TO SOLVE TO THOSE CONCERNS I HAVE.

>> WONDER IF HE'S THINKING SIMILAR TO SAY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT WOULD BE OR MAYBE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE YOU CAN PUT A BENEFICIARY ON THERE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.

GREAT QUESTION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTARY ON THAT?

>> I DON'T THINK I CAN ADD MORE THAN MY ATTORNEY OTHER OVER HERE SAID ABOUT IT.

>> MR. BOSSILY, DONNED IN VALP, GREAT QUESTION.

WE GET THIS EVERY TIME ON THE AIR, LET'S THROW IT AT YOU AGAIN.

ANY SUPPORT FOR DESIGNING A STATE ADMINISTERED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES POLICY OR IS IT TO BE LEFT TO VOTERS?

>> I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SYSTEM RIGHT RIGHT NOW.

CURRENTLY I MEAN WE ARE WORKING THROUGH IT BUT WE ARE ONLY A FEW YEARS IN TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

WE HAVE SO MANY KINGS WE SHOULD BE WORKING THROUGH.

I DON'T THINK WE ARE THERE YET.

I KNOW THAT MY CONSTITUENTS I DID A POLL OF MY VOTERS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO AND I THINK IT WAS 70% OR SO OF THEM SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT TO RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WHICH FALLS IN LINE WITH HOW I FEEL PERSONALLY.

I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT.

>> NONE OF THESE INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN LED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

THEY HAVE ALL COME THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

THESE WILL BE ANOTHER THAT PUSHES FOR EXACTLY WHAT THAT VIEWER WANTS TO SEE.

IT WON'T BE SOMETHING WE WILL VOTE ON, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

>> I THINK HE'S SOMETHING YOU LEAVE UP TO THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND LEGISLATURE HAS IMPLEMENTED ONE DAY, I DON'T SUPPORT IT.

I THINK WE SAID THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA, I HAVE BEEN SUPPORT OF THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

IF WE SAY YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND SUPPORT THAT, I THINK THE THING WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT NOW AFTER LOOKING BACK OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS LOOK AT EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MEDICAL CARD HOLD ERGS OF THE THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE WORKING ON WHEN IT COMES TO MARIJUANA IN THE FUTURE.

>> VERY GOOD.

QUESTION JUST CAME IN, WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA WERE PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR OF THIS SESSION?

>> I THINK REPRESENTATIVE ANDRADE AND I HAD A BILL THAT HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND PRESENTED TO ME AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE LINE.

WE GOT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES PRIMARILY TO DEAL WITH AGRICULTURAL OR WHAT ARE AGRO CULTURE ORISTERS AND THINGS THAT I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO CHAMPION THAT ISSUE IN IF FUTURE AND HOPEFULLY GET A BILL NEXT SESSION.

FIRST FOREMOST, SENATOR BROXSON AND I THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW GOT MONEY FOR PENSACOLA PERDIDO BAY PROGRAM, IT LEVIED RESTORE ACT FUNDS AFTER BP OIL SPILL, FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH STATE FUNDS AS WELL FROM LAST YEAR NOW THIS YEAR.

TO CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THESE WAYS TO CLEAN UP OUR LEGACY POLLUTION ACROSS THE WATER SHED.

THIS YEAR SENATOR BROXSON I THINK I BUGGED HIM THE MOST ON TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THROUGH IFIS T UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN A RESEARCH PROGRAM HOW TO CREATE NATURALLY OCCURRING SPAT, THE SEED THAT IS USED TO START OYSTERS BECAUSE WE HAVE OYSTER FARMING OPERATIONS HERE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

IT GOT TO ME A LITTLE -- BE TOO LATE IN SESSION I ASSIGNED IFIS HOME WORK PROJECT.

THEY CAME BACK WITH INCREDIBLE PROJECT BUT TOO LATE IN SESSION TO GET DONE.

IT WAS ME PERSONALLY RUNNING AROUND AND I COULDN'T GET IT DONE THIS YEAR.

BUT I DO THINK NEXT YEAR IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY WITH APALACHICOLA BAYS WILD CAUGHT OYSTER FISHERIES BEING COLLAPSED AND HAVING FUTURE MORATORIUMS FOR PENSACOLA BAY, EAST BAY, REALLY TAKE ON THE OYSTER FARMING INDUSTRY AND CREATE IT INTO A STRONGER MORE RESILIENT INDUSTRY FOR THE FUTURE.

AQUA CULTURE IS WAVE OF THE FUTURE, IT HAS DRAMATIC BENEFIT WATER QUALITY.

I THINK ALSO JUST FUNNY NOTE, I THINK SENATOR BROXSON AND I HOLD RECORD FOR SMALLEST APPROPRIATE RATION AWARD THIRD DEGREE YEAR ALL $37,000 OF IT FOR WATER RUN OFF STUDY FOR THE SHIPYARD IN BAYOU CHICO SO SMALLEST REPARATION AWARD BUT ANOTHER WATER PROJECT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH FUNDED TOGETHER.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> TOWN OF JAY WE HAVE THE WATER WELL I SPOKE OF $250,000 THE SENATOR AND I WORKED ON, ALSO TWO PROJECTS CITY OF MILTON.

ONE FORM SANTA ROSA RECLAMATION CENTER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OVER $400 MILLION PUT INTO LAND CONSERVATION, $150 MILLION WE HAD FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT AND $50 MILLION TO STATE PARKS, THE HIGHEST FUNDING WITH STATE PARKS IN YEARS.

SO THERE WAS A COMMITMENT THERE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN THAT BEING A CONSERVATIVE IS ABOUT CONSERVING MOTHER NATURE AND TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, I GREW UP FISHING MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, I WANT THEM TO ENJOY OUR WATER WAYS LIKE I WAS ABLE TO ENJOY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND I THINK THE COMMITMENTS THERE FROM OUR GOVERNOR AND COMMITMENT HAS BEEN THERE FROM THE DELEGATION TO WORK ON SMALLER PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN WATER IN OUR AREA.

>> DOVE TAIL THAT YOU HAVE, THE MOST EXCITING PROGRAM FOR WATER QUALITY WAS A SHIFT THIS YEAR AND YEARS PAST WE ALWAYS DONE SEPTIC SEWER PROGRAMS BY INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BASES, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE COMMITTED SIGNIFICANT FUNDS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO DEP FOR A SEPARATE SEWER GRANT PROGRAM SO WHILE WE DIDN'T GET THE PROJECT WE ASKED FOR FUNDED, THE ONLY REASON IT WASN'T FUNDED THIS YEAR LIKE LAST YEAR BETWEEN US FOR THE ECUA IS DEP WILL ADMINISTER A GRANT TO AWARD SEPTIC SEWER PROJECTS BASED ON COUNTY RANKINGS TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY USED NOT FOR THE POLITICALLY ASTUTE POLITICIANS BUT FOR THE MOST NEEDED AREAS AROUND THE STATE BY COUNTY.

SO WE WILL HAVE SEPARATE SEWER MONEY COMING TO THE COUNTY IN THETURE AND COUNTY IS PREPARED TO APPLY FOR THE MONEY SOON.

>> JEFF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED LATE IN SESSION IS THAT WE RECEIVED THE STIMULUS FROM WASHINGTON THE STATE PORTION WAS 10 BILLION AT THE END OF BUDGET WE WERE ALMOST IN BUDGET.

WHICH WAS UNPRESS DENNED.

STATE OF TEXAS WAS THE OTHER ONE.

WE VALUED PEOPLE THAT WORK AND HAVE BUSINESSES AND WE WANTED TO EVEN IN COVID TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE SO OUR SALES TAX WAS STRONG, REAL ESTATE IS BOOMENING FLORIDA.

WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF TRANSITION FROM NORTHERN STATES THAT WERE TREATED DIFFERENT FOR FLORIDIANS DURING COVID AND NATION IS LOOKING AT FLORIDA AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO RUN AN ECONOMY.

SO THIS MONEY WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR FLORIDA, IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE STATES IN DEEP TROUBLE, CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.

AND BUT BEING THE THIRD LARGEST STATE WE GOT THE PORTION SHAY OF THAT.

RATHER THAN SPENDING IT, WE ARE SAVING IT AND WE WILL USE IT FOR LEGACY ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

WE SET $2 BILLION ASIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE WILL HAVE A ROBUST SEPTIC SEWER PROGRAM INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR.

THESE ARE ALL NON-RECURRING LEGACY PROJECTS THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO FUND IN FUTURE YEARS.

BUT SINCE THE GOVERNMENT WAS SO APPROVAL WITH HOW THEY PRINT MONEY THEY SENT US A LOT OF IT AND WE WILL SPEND IT IN BAYS THAT OTHER STATES DO NO -- WAYS THAT STATES DO NOT, TO SPEND IT ONE TIME, TAKE CARE OF PROJECT AND GET BACK TO PEOPLE'S BUSINESS OF SPENDING WITH THEY GIVE US TO SPEND.

>> SPEAKING YOU MENTIONED FISHING A FEW MINUTES AGO, GENTLEMAN SENT A QUESTION IN ASKING ABOUT THE PENSACOLA BEACH FISHING PEER STILL DAMAGED FROM HURRICANE SALLY.

ANYTHING GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT?

>> SO I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH COMMISSIONER BENDER AS WELL.

PART OF THAT WILL BE DUE TO FEMA AND INSURANCE CLAIMS THEY HAVE.

IT'S NOT A STATE MAINTAINED PEER.

SO THE STATE FUND AD LOT OF REPAIRS, I KNOW IN STATE PARK I KNOW IN JOHNSON BEACH DIFFERENCE THINGS THAT ARE STATED FUNDED BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED BY FEMA CLAIM.

>> SPEAKING OF INSURANCE, A HUGE DEAL.

WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE AND WIND STORM AND FLOOD AND THAT TYPE OF THING?

CITIZEN?

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT YOU.

>> WE DID NOT DO EVERYTHING WE SHOULD HAVE.

WE DEFINITELY -- WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE LISTENING THAT OWNS PROPERTY HAS SEEN DRAMATIC RATE INCREASES FOR HOME OWNERS.

DRIVEN BY CLAIMS WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.

IF YOU SEE THE ROOFS REPLACED FROM SALLY, IT IS UNPRECEDENTED.

WELL, SOME OF THOSE ROOFS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE STORM, MANY OF THEM WERE SIMPLY AGED OUT AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PICKED UP THE BILL.

THAT IS GOING TO BE PASSED TO THE CONSUMER BECAUSE THEY -- INSURANCE SIMPLY IS LIKE A BANK, THEY COLLECT MONEY AND REDISTRIBUTE IT IN CLAIMS SO WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA, THEY GOT BIG ISSUES IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

AND WE HAVE 28 DOMESTIC CARRIERS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE, THEY ARE RUNNING LOSS RATIOS OF 150%.

I DON'T KNOW MANY BUSINESSES YOU DEAL WITH STOCKS AND BONDS, YOU WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ANYONE BUY A BUSINESS OR INVEST IN BUSINESS THAT IS LOSING 50% MORE THAN THEY TAKE IN IN REVENUE.

IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE, WE WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE OF FLORIDA WHY WE DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF BOGUS CLAIMS RAMPANT ACROSS THE STATE.

MOST OF THE CLAIMS STATISTICS ARE INCREDIBLE.

FLORIDA REPRESENTS 3% OF THE PROPERTY MARKET AND 70% OF THE LITIGATIONS ON HOW TO SETTLE CLAIMS FOR PROBLEM.

SO IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT WE ARE IMBALANCED ON VALUES BUT OUT OF BALANCE ON LITIGATION.

WE HAVE DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES IN FUTURE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

>> VERY GOOD.

ANOTHER QUESTION, SPORTS GAMBLING.

WHAT INITIATIVES ABOUT SPORTS GAMBLING AND WILL THIS IMPACT THE PANHANDLE, IN OTHER WORDS WEST FLORIDA WHERE WE ARE?

>> WE LAD A SPECIAL SESSION A PASSED A GAMING BILL.

THERE IS SPORTS BOOKENING THAT BILL.

THAT WILL GO TO COURTS AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN FROM THERE.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTARY?

THE >> I THINK THE FUNNIEST COMMENT THAT WAS ALWAYS ASKED IS WHERE IS YOUR CLOSEST CASINO.

WE WENT TO SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY GOVERNOR'S COMPACT WITH THE SEMINOLE TRIBE.

THE CLOSEST IS IN BILOXI AND ALABAMA.

SO OVERALL THIS OUR COMPACT DOESN'T CHANGE NECESSARILY HOW PEOPLE GAMBLE IN PERSON BUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY BEDDING ON THEIR PHONES ON -- BETTING ON PHONES ON SPORTS WILL NOW POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO DO IT LEGALLY AND SOME REVENUE WILL GO TO STATE INSTEAD OF OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNTS.

IT WILL BE CHALLENGE IN THE COURTS THERE, IS A QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT HOSTING A SERVER ON SEMINOLE LAND WOULD QUALIFY IT, OR WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE EXPANSION OF GAMBLE GAMBLING UNDER THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION ALABAMA AMENDMENT THE COURTS WILL DECIDE AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IGRA AND CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT.

>> VERY GOOD.

HERE IS AN ISSUE GETTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF DIS DISCUSSION.

RIGHTFULLY SO.

RECENTLY IS HOMELESSNESS.

THE VIEWER IS ASKING LOCALLY NEW STEPS BEING TAKEN TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, DID THE LEGISLATURE TAKE MEASURES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS ON A BROADER SCALE?

TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES?

>> I KNOW WE HAD STATE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THINGS THAT ATTRIBUTE TO HOMELESSNESS.

WE DID A LOT OF STUFF FOR VETERANS.

SPECIFICALLY VETERANS REHABILITATION CENTER, VETERAN HOUSING AND THING LIKE THAT.

IN SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT I SAW IN THE BUDGET.

I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A MICROISSUE WHERE IT FALLS UNDER THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, NOT THE STATE BE A GOOD PARTNER IN THAT BUT THOSE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS.

I KNOW THAT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING PERSONALLY, I DID A MENTAL HEALTH SPECIAL PROJECT WHERE I FUND AD MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY BUT THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO MENTAL HEALTH OVERALL NOT FOR HOMELESSNESS.

IN GENERAL.

THERE YOU GO.

>> VERY GOOD.

PARDON ME.

EXCUSE ME.

>> A GOOD QUESTION COME UP.

PLEASE COMPUTE -- EXCUSE ME.

WHAT IS YOUR VIEW WHY THE LEGISLATURE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO PUSH THROUGH CITIZENS BALLOT INITIATIVES WITH STRICTER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REQUIREMENTS?

>> SO SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THAT WHILE I CLEAR MY THROAT.

>> WHO WANTS TO JUMP ON IT, THE BEST EXAMPLE IS WE HAD IN THE SAME ELECTION YEAR WHERE WE HAD VOTING RIGHTS PAD AND TASK WITH A BILL THE ACCOMODATE THAT, WE ALSO HAD MARCY'S LAW PASSED WHICH WAS VICTIM'S RIGHTS.

MANY THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WELL HEELED MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INVESTORS COME IN AND THEY PAY TO HAVE PETITIONS CHECKED TO PET PROJECTS TO END RUN LEGISLATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND OUR CONSTITUTION STATE LEVEL IS 10E TO 15 TIMES LARGER THAN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IF NOT MORE SO.

THAT IS NOT A WAY TO GOVERN A STATE.

ESPECIALLY NOT WHEN YOU HAVE OUTSIDE INFLUENCES COMING IN.

FUNDING PET PROJECTS DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH WHAT OUR VOTERS CARE ABOUT ON AN ANNUAL BATE.

MAKING SURE THAT IS MORE ACCURATE, MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE TRUE INTENT OF VOTER INITIATIVE.

IS SOMETHING WE VALUE.

>> IN FOUR MINUTES THIS IS A QUESTION TO GET IN.

EACH OF YOU HAVE A FINAL WORD.

WHY ARE LAND LORDS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA?

>> TAKE IT AWAY DOUG.

>> >> I DON'T KNOW THAT IS A BROAD STATEMENT OF IF THEY HAVE A MORTGAGE THEY PROBABLY HAVE A PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES PROPERTY AND LIABILITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT.

HAVE -- MUST HAVE SOME SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT HAS ANY ASSETS THAT DOESN'T HAVE LIABILITY.

>> I WOULD GO WHEN YOU RENT PROPERTY YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF THAT PROPERTY FOR TERM OF CONTRACT.

YOU ARE THE PERSON THAT EARN IT FEE SIMPLE.

WE HAVE RENTERS INSURANCE FOR A REASON.

SO BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT HAVING THAT CONTRACT MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CONTEXT OF THE QUESTION LIKE SENATOR BROXSON TO GIVE BETTER ANSWER.

>> TWO MINUTES AROUND THE TABLE AND HAVE EVERYONE CLOSE OUT WHAT ARE YOU MOST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AS AS WE PLOW THROUGH 2021, REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN WITH YOU.

>> I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE SAFE WALKWAY STUDY.

MY FOLKS UP HERE KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM ABOUT THAT.

I CAME INTO THE SESSION WITH A MISSION TO FIX SAFE WALKWAYS FOR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND PEDESTRIANS IN GENERAL AND MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE, NOT THROUGH THE SENATE, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER GOT IN GOOD GRACES AND CONVINCED THE SPEAKER TO FUND STUDY AND SO I'M GRATEFUL EXCITED FOR THAT, THE STUDY WILL BE FINISHED BY SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN WE CAN WRITE LEGISLATION TO THAT COIN SIDES WITH THAT.

>> TWO MINUTES SO GIVE ME 30 SECONDS.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND AQUA CULTURE INITIATIVES.

WE LEARN AD LOT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THERE IS GOOD OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAVING TWO CHAIRMEN OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES HERE ON THIS TABLE AND A THIRD IN SENATOR GAINER.

TO REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR INFLUENCE AND IMPACT AND APPROPRIATION SHARE IN THE FLORIDA HOUSE TWO ON EACH SIDE.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE INFLUENCE AND MAKE SURE WE BRING HOME MONEY.

>> REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON.

>> THANKFUL I DON'T HAVE TO CARRY RERELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS BILL BECAUSE AFTER THREE YEARS IT FINALLY PASSED.

RUN SIX OR EIGHT YEARS AND HELPS PEOPLE WHO DON'T BREAK THE LAW WHEN CARRIED CONCEALED TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY.

SO I'M GLAD I'M NOT HAVING TO RUN THAT BILL.

WE WILL LOOK AT APPROPRIATIONS PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE RECOLLECTION NEXT MONTHS BUT I THINK I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO FINALLY FEEL LIKE A DELEGATION WE HAVE THAT'S HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

>> SENATOR BROXSON.

>> I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOUR NOTE BUT I THINK ALL VIEWERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE FLORIDA STAYS FLORIDA.

AND ALL THIS INVASION OF NEW REVENUE AND BUSINESSES REPLANTING HERE THAT THEY DON'T - - THEY TAKE THE VALUES THAT THEY ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM AND DON'T BRING BACK INTO FLORIDA AND THAT'S KEEP ROBOTS ECONOMY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EARN A DECENT LIVING ENJOY QUALITY EDUCATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

IF WE CAN DO THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN PERSON AGAIN AND WELCOME ABOARD.

>> THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE SALZMAN.

WOW.

WHAT A YEAR.

LAST TIME WE DID THIS PROGRAM LIVE WAS IN JANUARY OF 2020.

SO WOW.

HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME.

LADY AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AGAIN, CAN'T EXPRESS OUR THANKS ENOUGH FOR YOU JOINING US THIS EVENING AND ALSO A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU OUR VIEWERS LISTENERS AND CONSTITUENTS WE APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.

OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL NORTHWEST FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

SENATOR DOUG BROXSON, REPRESENTATIVES JAYER WILLIAMSON, ALEX ANDRADE AND MICHELLE SALZMAN, SENATOR GEORGE GAINER AND REPRESENTATIVE PAT MANEY UNABLE TO JOIN US.

TONIGHT'S BROADCAST HAS COME FROM THE GENE AND PAUL AMOS PERFORMANCE STUDIO OVER THE TELEVISION AIRWAVES OF WSRE TV, PBS FOR GULF COAST AND RADIO STATION 92.3 FM AND AM 1620, PROGRAM WILL BE ON LINE SOON AT WSRE.ORG AND YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

I'M JEFF WEEKS.

HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AND HAVE A GREAT SPRING AND SUMMER AND ENJOY ALL THE SUN SHINE STATE HAS TO OFFER.

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