Key Biscayne residents are among more than 1 million Floridians who are not being represented during the current legislative session in Tallahassee and, thus, do not have a voice when it comes to the establishment of new laws.
Three state House seats and one state Senate seat – all formerly held by Republicans – remain vacant, including the seat formerly held by Brickell’s Vicki Lopez, who relinquished her State Representative post to replace now-Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins on the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
The vacant districts also include portions of Hernando, Hillsborough, Palm Beach and Sumter counties, with three special elections scheduled for March 24, more than a week after the session is scheduled to end on March 13…