... and these other Friday letters

Mr. Troxler- It is upsetting to see Gov. Crist acting as both a lobbyist and politician in regards to Amendment 1. As lobbyist do, Gov. Crist went out and solicited money to pass on to a politician to promote legislation. Gov. Crist then gave the money to a politician, himself, to spend promoting his cause. This is enough to make me vote NO on January 29th. I am surprised the various media, newspaper, tv, and radio have not been calling him on this unseemly practice. -- Joe Hagan

I have a slight disagreement with the concluding observation. We've had a big, critical editorial, a column by me, and ongoing day-by-day news articles about Crist's campaign and who is giving him money -- most notably Florida Power & Light Co. of Miami. Here's the link to the editorial. Here's the link to my column. 

Here's an e-mail excerpt on the boring but important topic of no-fault auto insurance. Remember that the Legislature allowed no-fault to expire last fall, but then renewed it as of Jan. 1:

the pile up and devastation on I-4 should be a reminder of just how accidents can happen to anyone at anytime.  no-fault pip insurance is a cheap way to keep your body covered.   just think if that major pile up happened prior to 1/1/08, when no-fault was not mandatory?  if you rememember no-fault pip lapsed from 10/1/07 to 12/31/07, so Floridians were NOT required to carry it.  -- Dr. Christopher Williams, Tampa

Comments

[Aquaserpent]

Except for those of use who have medical insurance, we are now paying twice for the same coverage.

[Rene]

Agree, Aqua. Would be great to have the option to refuse it - maybe requiring proof of medical coverage to do so? That would seem to mollify all those worries about people who'd choose to go without PIP and increase the burden on ERs, etc. No use hashing it out again but it still bugs me. It's almost a third of my premium!