May 3, 2024

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| 10/20/2014

"The Republicans should be leading the way for Florida in this. It's violating free market principles."

-- Debbie Dooley

Florida's investor-owned utilities have a new, unexpected opponent: the tea party.

Debbie Dooley, co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party and national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, plans to push for more solar in the Sunshine State as she has in Georgia. Her ultimate goal is to challenge the monopoly control of Florida's major utilities.

Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.

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