It's still early and people are just getting to grips with exactly how much has happened over the last six weeks of the legislative session. But I do think that some of the issues that the legislature is grappling with are not necessarily the issues that people say are their top priorities. Affordable housing, for example, ranks at the top of voters' agenda, followed by the economy as so many people move to Florida. And we've seen rents and home values soar in the state. Although the legislature did pass an affordable housing bill, no one thinks that it's really enough to deal with the issue. So many Florida watchers and donors are more concerned and disappointed with this session than they are happy because
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