{"id":59349,"date":"2024-05-15T16:54:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=59349"},"modified":"2024-05-15T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:54:28","slug":"party-politics-holding-up-fema-flood-insurance-discount-for-thousands-of-lee-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2024\/05\/party-politics-holding-up-fema-flood-insurance-discount-for-thousands-of-lee-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Party politics holding up FEMA flood insurance discount for thousands of Lee residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After 17 years in government, Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane said there is no other way to see what is happening in local efforts to keep a FEMA flood insurance discount for some policy holders of National Flood Insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve governed now 17 years and seen everything firsthand. So it\u2019s hard when you see the outcomes that you do not to come up with a conclusion. And the conclusion is very clear to me that this is truly politics at its worst,\u201d Ruane said. \u201cAnd unfortunately the people that were hurting, we\u2019re going to hurt members in the same party as President Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 25% FEMA discount is at stake for Lee County property owners, many of whom were hit hard by Hurricane Ian. Ruane expressed his frustration with officials in D.C., who he said are playing political games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, it\u2019s bad enough, you\u2019re gonna hurt Republicans and you want to try to be spiteful, maybe. And I\u2019m saying that\u2019s a possibility. But now, you\u2019re also going to hurt other people and people that need this discount,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every Thursday, county officials hold a conference call with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., to submit required documents to FEMA. The deadline for document submissions is Oct. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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