Dear Friends,
From my family to yours, we wish all of you a blessed holiday season and we hope that this is a joyous time for you and your loved ones. My family will celebrate the holidays traditionally and safely. We do not intend to let government tell us whom we can or cannot invite in to our home. American families are perfectly capable of taking necessary precautions to protect those that may be vulnerable without the Washington bureaucrat’s lectures. May this time of peace and thanksgiving be a reminder of the blessing of liberty that we all have in America.
With the elections now behind us, the work of the Florida Senate has turned to organization and preparation for the upcoming Legislative Session. The first step in this process has been completed as we have just returned from Tallahassee, having elected our new Senate leadership and sworn-in our new or returning members. Our leadership in the Florida Senate is extremely talented, driven, and focused. We could not be in better hands for the upcoming challenges that we will face over the next two years. From pandemic response, to budgetary issues and re-districting, we will have our hands full, but President Wilton Simpson is the man for a time such as this and we have every confidence that his leadership will see us through. In the coming weeks, the Senate will be releasing our committee assignments. We do not yet know which areas we will be focusing on, but your Senator stands ready to serve wherever he may be called.
The final and most important task that must be completed prior to the 2021 Session will be to hear from you, the constituents. In Senate District 12, there will be three opportunities for citizens to speak directly to their entire Legislative Delegation about issues important them. Each county in the district, Marion, Lake, and Sumter, will hold these meetings in December. These are open, public meetings and we encourage everyone to attend and present their ideas or concerns to their elected representatives. This process and this government cannot work without you. The seats we occupy in Tallahassee are your seats, we just sit in them for you. Please call my office if you need any information about these upcoming Legislative Delegation Meetings at (352) 750-3133 and a staff member will be happy to assist you.
Thank you for sending me to Tallahassee to protect Faith, Family, Freedom, Opportunity and Life.
Onward & Upward,
Senator Dennis Baxley
