Comments on: Dereg debacle nets lobbyist lineup

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:00:21 +0000

Commercial kitchen design is not permitted by registered interior designers under Florida Building Code. If interior designers already cannot provide this service, it’s clear the NKBA won’t be able to.

What is the market you’re talking about @Nascar Dad? Condominiums? Hotels? NKBA dealers can already provide these services when working under the supervision of a design professional. NKBA members are not trained in building code, and condominiums have more complicated life-safety systems than single family residences. An architect would already be signing off on those jobs.

By: Batman

Batman — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:25:12 +0000

Only architects and engineers can design commercial kitchens in Florida. Registered interior designers cannot and never have been able to provide these services.

By: Batman

Batman — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:22:08 +0000

Only architects and engineers can design commercial kitchens in Florida. Registered cannot and never have been able to provide these services.

By: Nascar Dad

Nascar Dad — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:06:24 +0000

Steve Beste,

The NKBA has 1700 members in Florida who cannot provide commercial kitchen and bath design services. They can provide those services in 47 other states that do not regulate interior design. Only Florida, Nevada, and Louisiana require a license for this work. I do not work for NKBA, but have been highly involved in this issue. There are thousands more from other industries affected. This isn’t over.

By: Steve Beste

Steve Beste — Sun, 08 May 2011 16:17:55 +0000

Dara – - What did the National Kitchen and Bath Association have to gain by repealing the licensing requirement for Interior Decorators?

That’s the story that is missing from this coverage.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:36:38 +0000

Stop regulating everything. Next will be your profession.

Soon it will extended to your personal life. Like taxing you for every mile you drive, sending thermal imaging planes to detect which homes are not energy efficient-don’t laugh they do it in England and in Boston (but had to stop because viewers were able to see human ‘activity’ in the dwellings-privacy was being violated)

Beware of officials-democrats precisely, who want to control what you eat, how you live, where you live, your home. This is America.

It’s always a minority of bad guys who ruined it for the majority of good guys.

By: been there done that

been there done that — Sun, 08 May 2011 04:34:06 +0000

For anyone who’s had experience with the politics of regulating professions, the death of these bills was no surprise. This deregulatory fervor, which certainly makes logical sense, has been pursued on many occasions, but the outcome is always the same. In fact, if you look closely you’ll probably discover that the net result of the session was likely more regulation of professions not less!

By: Garl

Garl — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:02:05 +0000

While it may well make last night’s battle over the de-regulation of commercial interior designers even more dramatic than it was, from what I understand Ron Book has represented the interior designers for years and years. Rather than a moment-in-time hired gun, Book knows the industry inside and out, and, coupled with his 40 years in the Capitol, those on the other side really never stood much of a chance. The shame of it all is that, given all of the testimony taken in the House, the legislation made it as far as it did.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:55:09 +0000

Maybe someone can explain this to me since i can’t look at the budget that was passed.

Last years budget was 70.4 Billion.
They were projecting a $3.5-$5 billion shortfall for 2012. Yet they just passed a budget of $69.4 billion, with no tax increases, and spending cuts.

Please explain how this situation occurs and where they found the $3.5-$5 billion, yet spent effectively the same money, without tax increases?

I have some doubts about whether or not they really CUT certain programs since the budget is about $1billion less than last year. A CUT to a bureaucrat means, NOT getting an increase they had planned on. Not all the time but some of the time.

Where are they coming up with this extra revenue?

By: d s

d s — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:54:53 +0000

This is representative government: of the people, by the people, for the people???

By: Bill Neubauer

Bill Neubauer — Sat, 07 May 2011 23:29:34 +0000

Here’s another way to view that supreme lobbying crusade.
I suppose it’s a question of where the savings would be centered, but just think of the money that would be saved by SOMEBODY if all of the lobbyists were fired!
In my one-man crusade to protect the teachers from budget cuts, I have recommended that no teachers be cut but that all non-classroom personnel be “on the table” for cuts, and I always include the lobbyist(s). Besides costing a lot, the lobbyist stands between the legislators and the general population when it comes to decisions.