In the continuing saga of Tallahassee’s refusal to believe that it is expensive to insure properties in hurricane-prone areas, we have this article from Southwest Florida’s News-Press:
Gov. Charlie Crist has asked three politically connected lawyers to take on the state’s property insurance industry, much the way a prior governor went after Big Tobacco.
Crist’s office said the governor met last week with his transition team adviser Bobby Martinez, former general counsel Dexter Douglass, and Bob Hackleman, a former law partner of the governor’s chief of staff.
Apparently Crist wants to see a class-action suit brought against insurers for failing to follow the intent of HB 1A.
You know, if the Governor is looking for some legal talent with impressive credentials, I hear tell that the Scruggses have a much shorter to-do list these days…although perhaps they’d be better working on their own, rather than with other attorneys.