Because part of the whole real -- the gestalt of DeSantis and Florida Republicans who have run the state for a couple decades is that this is the free state of Florida. Don’t tread on us. Don’t -- you can’t tell us what to do.
Discussion about the political climate in Florida and the reluctance to enforce mandatory evacuations.
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It’s really odd. You’ll have people get elected to Congress having never shown any investment acumen ever in their life, and then all of a sudden they become Warren Buffett on steroids.
We now have essentially full restoration in Bay County, Okaloosa is over 96% restored, and Washington County’s over 91% were restored.
I think people did take precautions, and I think the local officials did a really good job of helping spread the word.
“So, somebody, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have spent money by bringing the guard or doing this. You didn’t need them.’ Well, you don’t know that.”
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