Issues

Creating Jobs and Strengthening Florida’s Economy: With double digit unemployment and falling property values, the time for action is now. Bill McCollum has a comprehensive plan, “Real Solutions, New Jobs: A Roadmap to Florida’s Future”, that will create jobs and get Florida’s economy back on track. This Roadmap, developed in partnership with Steve Forbes, will [...]

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Cutting Spending, Lowering Taxes and Achieving Significant Property Tax Reform: In the current economy, the last thing Floridians need is a higher tax burden. As described fully in “Real Solutions, New Jobs: A Roadmap to Florida’s Future” Bill has released a proposal to freeze millage and property tax rates at 2010 levels for two years, [...]

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Preparing our Children for the Future: The quality of our public education system is essential to the economic vitality of our state.  The effectiveness of bold reforms that began under Governor Jeb Bush can be measured by improvements in the national standing of our students.  Florida has dramatically improved student outcomes, rising from 31st to [...]

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Creating Safer, Stronger Communities: As our Attorney General, Bill McCollum has made public safety his top priority and has made Florida a safer place to live. Florida leads the nation in the fight against child pornography and Internet child predators. Under Bill’s leadership, Florida has developed its first statewide gang reduction strategy, indicting 159 gang [...]

Defending the 2nd Amendment: Bill is a tireless advocate of Americans’ right to bear arms.  As a member of the United States Congress, Bill was given “A” ratings from the National Rifle Association for his voting record. In 2008, he joined with other Attorneys General in filling an amicus brief in the case NRA v. [...]

Protecting Florida’s Borders and Fighting Illegal Immigration: Bill McCollum supports Arizona’s immigration law as amended. Under current Florida law, when law enforcement officers make an arrest, they are allowed to check for legal immigration status, and most do. But Bill believes that Florida law must be even stronger. As Governor, Bill will continue working to [...]

Promoting Life & Family Issues: Bill is a pro-family and pro-life conservative with three decades of public service that reflect his record on these fundamental issues. Bill believes that life begins at conception, and received a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee while serving in Congress. This year, he supported legislation that [...]

Protecting Florida’s Water and Natural Treasures: Bill understands that Florida’s rivers, lakes, springs and estuaries are among the most treasured and visited in the world, but are also among the most vulnerable. Florida’s state parks and other natural spaces are considered the best in the country, and the quality of waters within these attractions is [...]

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Ensuring Access to Quality, Affordable Healthcare: As Attorney General, Bill McCollum filed and leads a lawsuit joined by 19 other states and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) to have federal healthcare reform legislation declared unconstitutional on the basis that Congress exceeded its powers in penalizing individuals for failing to purchase health insurance, and [...]

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