To the editor:<\/p>\n
Greg Wilson\u2019s Oct. 8 letter urging Republicans to vote for David Jolly comes from a man who calls himself a principled conservative. With respect to his Treasury service, his kind of Republican is the reason so many of us went looking for leaders who would actually fight for us.<\/p>\n
Principled conservatives don\u2019t endorse a candidate who says, \u201cI will be a pro-choice governor.\u201d Jolly wants to replace Florida\u2019s six-week law with abortion up to about 24 weeks. On guns, he told the Sun Sentinel, \u201cI\u2019m for an assault weapons ban, I\u2019m for licensing, registration, and insuring.\u201d As a Republican congressman, he said life begins at conception and voted for a 20-week ban. Now he says the opposite. That isn\u2019t conviction. It\u2019s convenience.<\/p>\n
The Big Beautiful Bill kept the 2017 tax cuts from expiring and gave seniors a new $6,000 deduction. It also ended federal income tax on up to $25,000 in tips, a real raise for the servers and bartenders who keep Southwest Florida running. If Mr. Wilson is worried about debt, cut spending. Don\u2019t raise our taxes.<\/p>\n
The president also pulled tariffs off beef, coffee and bananas last November. And Florida\u2019s governor doesn\u2019t run the Pentagon.<\/p>\n
What a governor can do is cut property taxes. Byron Donalds backs Amendment 3 and wants to go further for homeowners and seniors.<\/p>\n
Old-school Republicans like Mr. Wilson had their turn. The days of Bush-era Republicans are done. I\u2019m voting for Byron Donalds.<\/p>\n
Joette Humphrey<\/p>\n
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