With early successes, new GOP state Sen. Alexis Calatayud wins praise
Before this year’s $700 million bipartisan affordable housing bill passed the Florida Senate, Florida senators sang praises to one of its newest members, Republican Alexis Calatayud.
Sen. Ed Hooper, who has spent 12 years in the Legislature, applauded the first-term senator who just finished shepherding the leadership-backed Live Local Act to the Senate floor after speaking with every member of their body to gain unanimous approval for it. The bill eventually went on to pass the House by a vote of 103-6.
“You are just about the age of my grandchildren. And some of us are jealous about that,” the Clearwater Republican said. “You have been given a tremendously heavy lift...
“And I can tell you...
