Lawrence Mower

Official records from former state Rep. Carolina Amesty’s forgery case have disappeared from the public’s view, a little over a week after the 30-year-old Republican asked a judge to help give her a fresh start. orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/21/off…

NEW: "Each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel." Right now, Florida taxpayers are footing the bill. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

A consultant hired by FPL told regulators that without adding battery storage included in its $9B rate hike request, customers are highly likely to experience a rolling blackout. Lawyers fighting the hike say it's a nonsensical scare tactic. ICYMI: tampabay.com/news/business/…

New: Contractors building Alligator Alcatraz have donated money to Florida GOP, DeSantis, w/@romyellenbogen and @lmower3 miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

31% of student loan borrowers with a payment due are in “late-stage delinquency,” or over 90 days past due on payments, the highest share ever recorded, per TransUnion.

NEW: DeSantis vetoes bill aimed at limiting corruption in office tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

For all the conversation over ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ remember this: the 1,000 undocumented detainees sent there will get better treatment than most of Florida’s 83,000 inmates—who are U.S. citizens. That facility has A/C. 75% of Florida prisons don’t.

A good lil storm passed over us here at 'Alligator Alcatraz.’ Here's what it looks & sounds like inside one of these tents. The state says the sites here are rated to withstand a category two hurricane (~120mph winds).

“My Legislature”

.@RealDonaldTrump suggests he will have @ZohranKMamdani arrested if he is elected mayor of NYC. "We'll have to arrest him. Look, we don't need a communist in this country, but if we have one, I'm going to be watching over him very carefully."

Cape Coral is suffering from nearly every affliction that can cause a housing market to slump. Elevated prices, high insurance and property taxes, natural disasters, a return to the office for remote workers, and investors running for the exit. wsj.com/real-estate/fl…

NEW: As the clean energy debate rages on in Washington over the "big beautiful bill," Florida's solar industry is in a panic. The bill's new tax for solar projects will cost jobs and possibly close FL factories, they said. tampabay.com/news/environme…

5 metros with the highest share of mortgages currently underwater: Cape Coral, FL —> 7.8% Lakeland, FL —> 4.4% San Antonio, TX —> 4.3% Austin, TX —> 4.2% North Port, FL —> 3.8% ResiClub PRO members can read the full report + vintage breakdown here: resiclubanalytics.com/p/housing-mark…

Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.

The @myflhouse and @FLSenate have the funds to study this…so do it. Pretending this isn’t a major policy/fiscal issue is political malpractice. We need research and a plan, not the Governor’s “let’s wing it and hope for the best” strategy. Florida deserves better.