The story of NBC blaming Republicans for Surfside backlash

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An NBC and NBC 6 report released yesterday with the title of Tour of Florida collapsed could have been fixed more quickly under the repealed law, experts say drew rapid fire for disgraceful reporting from the governor’s office and other.

The main criticism is that reporters did not mention that the Florida governor who repealed the law was Charlie Crist, who was a Republican at the time but is now a U.S. Democratic representative challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis in the election. to the post of governor of 2022.

History suggests that a 2008 state law, requiring condominium associations to hire engineers or architects to submit reports, called reserve studies, could have prevented the cataclysmic collapse of the Champlain South Towers in Surfside earlier this month if the law had not been repealed in 2010 by the Republican-led Legislature and signed by the Republican Governor.

In NBC’s story, Julio Robaina, a former Republican state lawmaker who sponsored the 2008 law requiring condominium associations to hire engineers or architects to submit reports every five years on the cost of repairs , said, “If the owners would have had a study of the reserves, if the board of directors had been proactive and had funded their reserves, this would never have happened.

Journalists then said in the article: The law only lasted two years before being repealed in 2010, after Robaina left. Robaina blamed the pushback from lawyers and property managers, who he said claimed the law was too onerous for condo owners. The lawmaker who sponsored the repeal, former state representative Gary Aubuchon, a Republican real estate broker and home builder, did not respond to messages seeking comment.

However, history never mentions that the governor of Florida in 2010 was Crist.

Governor Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christiana Pushaw has cried foul. She tweeted, It’s interesting how they don’t state in the title which governor repealed this law. It was Charlie Crist, who is now a Democrat running against DeSantis.

She continued, PS: This is why people think the media is biased. If DeSantis had repealed the law, his name would make the headlines. Crist isn’t even mentioned in the whole article. Shameful report.

While Pushaw made no effort to label the media as biased, she abstained from quarterback Crist on Sunday morning as she blamed the collapse at her feet.

She then tweeted: We don’t know if the specific rule repealed by @CharlieCrist would have saved the lives of Champlain Towers residents. We have no idea what caused this tragedy at all. Surveys will give answers. But @ nbc6, (and NBC reporters) @PhilPrazan and @jonschuppe have their story.

The Capitolist has contacted Robaina and Crist, as well as the two NBC reporters for comment, but no response has been received to date.

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