{"id":299575,"date":"2026-06-08T02:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299575\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:28:13","slug":"jay-collins-to-pitch-senior-protection-programs-in-monday-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299575\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Collins to pitch senior protection programs in Monday news conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is holding a news conference Monday to detail his agenda on delivering affordability to Florida seniors as part of his campaign for Governor.<\/p>\n

Collins said he plans to outline his \u201cLive Florida\u201d initiative during the news conference set for 10 a.m. in Lady Lake. He\u2019s holding the media gathering at McCall\u2019s Tavern on Alverez Ave.<\/p>\n

The initiative focuses on developing a plan to help seniors across the state remain financially secure and independent heading into their golden years. He plans to address the broad issues facing the increasing population of seniors in Florida.<\/p>\n

Collins will also outline his approach to reducing elderly fraud and cybersecurity threats targeting retirees. He\u2019ll also detail proposals to increase consumer protections and public safety measures that would protect seniors and their quality of life.<\/p>\n

Collins has noted seniors are acutely being impacted by rising housing costs, insurance, healthcare and many daily living expenses.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s been at the forefront of senior protections before in his post as Lt. Governor. In November he helped launch Operation Senior Shield<\/a>, an initiative to help seniors stay ahead of scammers in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenior Shield provides timely text and email alerts, so older adults and caregivers can stay ahead of scammers,\u201d Collins said at a launch event in Jacksonville<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to make you hard targets. You have to have the information to understand what\u2019s going on. When a new threat appears, Floridians will know about it before the scammers get to their door, their inbox, or their phone. That\u2019s how we keep you alert, keep you informed and secure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Republican lieutenant to Ron DeSantis faces stiff competition for the GOP Primary Election Aug. 18. He acknowledged he has steep odds<\/a> in that race against U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds who is the frontrunner in the party contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t hide in the shadows. You can\u2019t pull a\u00a0Biden\u00a0and hide in a corner behind your couch in the basement. You\u2019ve got to come out and debate, and I\u2019m very frustrated that Byron Donalds is unwilling to do that. I think he\u2019s got to stand up and show up. If you\u2019re that far ahead, then what are you scared of? Step up, communicate, show up at a debate stage,\u201d Collins said during an appearance on \u201cSunday Morning Futures<\/a>\u201d on Fox News.<\/p>\n

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A.G. Gancarski of Florida Politics contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is holding a news conference Monday to detail his agenda on delivering affordability to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[836,445,93789,125954,28,30,29,5187,11480,125955,14399,125956,800],"class_list":["post-299575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-affordability","tag-byron-donalds","tag-consumer-protections","tag-financially-secure","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jay-collins","tag-lady-lake","tag-live-florida","tag-news-conference","tag-operation-senior-shield","tag-seniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}