Don Kanfer

Don wants stronger protections for rural areas and limits on the ability of cities to continually annex surrounding unincorporated land simply to facilitate more sprawl.

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Housing, transportation, food, utilities, education, and other everyday expenses continue to put pressure on families and working people. Don believes government should be working to improve our quality of life, not adding to the burden.

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He wants an economy where people who work hard can actually get ahead and where the benefits of growth are shared by the communities experiencing its costs.

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Hard work should still provide a path to a better life.​ Don believes too many skilled and working people are laboring hard while continuing to lose ground financially. He wants Florida's economic growth to improve people's quality of life and prevent social and environmental problems before they happen, not leave ordinary residents carrying the costs of growth while prosperity primarily benefits those at the top.

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Don is concerned about the amount of state funding being directed toward voucher programs and the impact that has on Florida's public schools. He also wants to make education beyond high school more affordable through state scholarship opportunities, programs that encourage strong academic performance, and greater access to adult education.

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Don wants to strengthen Florida's election systems, protect voting rights, and make those protections more difficult for politicians to take away.

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He also opposes manipulating district boundaries for political advantage. Don believes voting districts should keep communities with shared interests together so their representatives can effectively advocate for them.

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Hard work should still provide a path to a better life.​ Don believes too many skilled and working people are laboring hard while continuing to lose ground financially. He wants Florida's economic growth to improve people's quality of life and prevent social and environmental problems before they happen, not leave ordinary residents carrying the costs of growth while prosperity primarily benefits those at the top.

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Don believes Florida needs to take a more realistic approach to homelessness, including recognizing the role that serious mental illness can play and considering shelters and supportive or transitional housing for people who cannot live independently.

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His broader quality-of-life priorities also include addressing animal abandonment, strengthening right-to-repair protections, addressing theft of services, and restoring vaccine requirements for schools while limiting exemptions.

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Don supports reforming Florida's no-fault insurance system and strengthening protections for policyholders. When legitimate claims are delayed, he believes payments should date back to the original incident with interest and that insurers should face consequences for bad-faith negotiations and unnecessary delays.

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Don wants to reverse the state's takeover of development authority and restore the ability of local governments to regulate land use and development.

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He believes the people who actually live in our communities are better positioned to understand their needs than politicians making decisions for them from Tallahassee.

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Don believes Florida needs to take a more realistic approach to homelessness, including recognizing the role that serious mental illness can play and considering shelters and supportive or transitional housing for people who cannot live independently.

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Don wants stronger protections for rural areas and limits on the ability of cities to continually annex surrounding unincorporated land simply to facilitate more sprawl.

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He also believes Florida needs to better address the infrastructure that comes with growth, from stormwater and drainage to traffic and roadway design, including better state standards for roundabouts.

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