Sam Miller Quotes

It's been very important to financing police pensions. I can tell you the Florida Legislature passed it and determined it to be good public policy.

It's all about following the views, and daylight.

Office is not in this case yet, but it could be in the next case.

That tells me that they feel strongly that they were in the right and that they believe this is an issue that's worth fighting for.

It is unfortunate we have been unable to reach effective agreements like this in other lines. the PIP/no-fault sunset review of 2006 will be an opportunity.

I've never been in a situation where I've had to make free throws with the game on the line ... but I wasn't nervous.

The carriers who have the other perils coverage on thousands of homes would be forced to decide whether to cover it all or none of it. We don't have the ability to take on any additional wind exposure. So Citizens would just get larger.

The more information that's out there, the better.

You will see a similar pattern among all business groups. The majority of members of the major committees are now Republican, and certainly the key leaders are.

It's a test we can't meet.

We didn't get in that fight before and I don't suspect we will again. Whatever they decide is what we will have to operate on. ... I just hope no one thinks this is a magic bullet that is going to lower insurance rates unless the elected insurance commissioner can stop hurricanes.

We know there's an incredible backlog, but not because the insurance industry is dragging their feet. [It's] because repair shops are overwhelmed.

This is in line with the recommendations of the Legislature's Task Force on Long-Term Solutions which is calling for the elimination of the definition of wind exposure class C from Florida's building code statutes.

We have learned that all of Florida is vulnerable to hurricanes and stricter building codes that have saved homes in South Florida could have saved homes in Central and North Florida as well.

This makes perfect sense because often the greatest damage to a home occurs when windows and garage doors fail. When that happens, the walls may be left standing but the contents of the home are destroyed. We believe building codes that apply to areas of the state outside of the Panhandle should be applied to that region as well.

We're at a critical, fragile stage here. (If) we have another hurricane season like we've had, who knows what's going to happen?

It makes me more adventurous in trying things. Some weird vegetable will come in my box and I won't know how to use it or what to do with it, so it'll make me look up recipes.