{"id":242,"date":"2023-07-06T21:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T01:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2024-01-24T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T19:19:09","slug":"issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tThe Issues\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Conservation\"\n\t\t

Conservation<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Quality\n\t\t

Quality of Life<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Education\"\n\t\t

Education<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Mental\n\t\t

Mental Health<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"Economic\n\t\t

Economic Development<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Banks-and-bees-conservation\"\n\t

\n\t\t\t\tConservation\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t

As a sustainable farmer, every decision I make comes down to “is this sustainable for our children’s future?”\u00a0From clean air to potable water to food security to affordable housing to engaging community and preserving our democracy, we can do better for our grandchildren.
Sustainability begins now, not tomorrow.<\/strong><\/p>\t\n\t

\n\t\t\t\tQuality of Life\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t

Florida has an unaffordable living crisis.<\/strong>

Skyrocketing rent and housing costs, as well as groceries, gas, and insurance have made it unaffordable for Floridians to live in Florida. First time home buyers are squeezed out of the market by foreign capital. Expanding Live Local Act to include small investors a chance to compete, addressing over development by prioritizing local builders, implementing Strong Town ideals and increasing Sadowski funds is a start.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t\"stressed-woman\"\n\t\t\t\t\"banks-education\"\n\t

\n\t\t\t\tEducation\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t

Florida’s education is ranked one of the lowest. Allowing parents to parent, teachers to teach and keeping politicians out of the classroom is imperative for changing our educational system around.\u00a0Increasing pay for teachers and support service providers will attract the best and brightest. As a staunch First Amendment backer, I support curtailing censorship. Parents have a right to censor their own children, not other’s.
Let parents parent and let teachers teach.<\/strong><\/p>\t\n\t

\n\t\t\t\tMental Health\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t

We know someone who is dealing with loss, grief, anxiety, depression, aloneness, and loneliness, or that someone is us.<\/strong>\u00a0Complete mental health funding from pre-K to our senior citizens, implementing peer to peer sessions for high schoolers and filling the cracks so our Vets are fully covered pave the way for an emotionally balanced community.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t\"happy-therapy\"\n\t\t\t\t\"a-womna-buying-at-a-cash-register\"\n\t

\n\t\t\t\tEconomic Development\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t

A thriving community needs economic generators such as transformative industries, flexible non-profits, local businesses, efficient government and challenging education. Working in unison, these entities propel community towards a sustainable future.\u00a0We work in unison by thinking independently by using sound reasoning and common sense. We need a table where every generator is invited, encouraged to participate and fully listened to. The best economies are integrated from the bottom up.\u00a0We need independent and forward thinking to create a sustainability future.<\/strong><\/p>\t\n

\n\t\tI’m With Banks!\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tThe News\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Corn\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tThis is what CIVILITY looks like.<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSmall farmer, native Floridian, and champion for political CIVILITY – the act of attacking issues rather than people.\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More →<\/a>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Close\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tSustainability! Who’s in?<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“Who wants to learn how to grow their own food, given the plants to grow their own food and then eat the food grown by their own plants?\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More →<\/a>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"A\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\tStories Are The Glue Of Our Community<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Letter to You, my Neighbors! I am pivoting and asking you to go on this adventure with me.\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More →<\/a>\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Issues Conservation Quality of Life Education Mental Health Economic Development Conservation As a sustainable farmer, every decision I make comes down to “is this sustainable for our children’s future?”\u00a0From clean air to potable water to food security to affordable housing to engaging community and preserving our democracy, we can do better for our grandchildren.Sustainability…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"The Issues - Banks Helfrich for Florida House, District 25","_seopress_titles_desc":"Ask me about how as an independent we can focus on conservation, quality of life in South Lake, education, mental health and economic development.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankshelfrich.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}