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Marie Hazel Benarroch
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What a wonderful tribute to Al. He was such a hard worker. We started Al and Frank’s together in Chicago in 1979. Al worked all day and then all night. He was so nervous to move to Marco and we had to start the business all over. But we did it. Nothing could stop Al. He worked so much for his family he was so proud of that.
My eulogy for my father. ✡️
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
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Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
@winknews @NBC2 @ABC7SWFL @FOX4Now @wgcu @ndn @TheNewsPress @FloridaWeekly @GulfshoreLife @GulfshoreBiz @BusinessObserverFL @FLPhoenixNews @Fla_Pol @MiamiHerald @SunSentinel @TB_Times @WUSF @WLRN @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @Local10News @Newsmax @AlanCampbellTV @AlexiaTsiroTV @AllysonRaeWx @ashleygrahamtv @CollierGov @marcorubio @SenRickScott @ScottforFlorida @SenAshleyMoody @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds @GovRonDeSantis @AGJamesUthmeier @RepGregSteube @RepFranklin @VernBuchanan @RepLaurelLee @RepLuna @RepFine @RepKatCammack @RepAaronBean @RepMillsPress @USRepKCastor @RepMaxwellFrost @RepDarrenSoto
Representative @BenarrochYvette prevented my LGBTQ son from attending his father’s funeral.
I am the former wife of the late Albert Benarroch and the mother of his eldest son. For more than a decade, Marco Island, Florida was my home. We moved to Marco from Chicago. Albert and I built Affordable Landscape Service in Marco from the ground up and worked hard to build a new life together.
Our family had a wonderful and a painful history from our time in Florida. Nearly 20 years ago, our 35 year marriage ended following Albert’s relationship with Yvette who became pregnant before the divorce was finalized. After our divorce, Albert married now Representative Benarroch.
The years that followed were difficult. My son and his father became estranged for 13 years. However this year, my son and his father reconciled, and agreed to keep the past in the past. Shortly after they reconciled, Albert’s cancer returned.
Albert began rebuilding his relationship with Joe and started forming a new relationship with our son’s husband and their two children. Albert made his love and desire to see them clear. In his Albert’s final days, as his cancer rapidly progressed, he became unable to speak and lay bedridden at his home in hospice. Representative Benarroch said that visits from Albert’s family had to be scheduled and kept brief.
My son stated that the family should be able to visit Albert. Representative Benarroch disagreed and said “…you’re no longer welcome in my house… and if you come near my house, I will call the police.” Albert’s condition deteriorated, and when my son asked Representative Benarroch about the instructions she said Albert had left her, she replied: “Nope.” When my son tried to contact her to understand the state of his father’s condition, she responded: “Just be grateful you got to spend some time with him. Please don’t text me anymore.“
I recognize that she and her two sons were facing a loss as well, but my son was left without answers or an opportunity to say goodbye. According to the family’s Rabbi, Albert passed away on Friday October 16 before the onset of Shabbat. Representative Benarroch never called my son to inform him. My son learned about his father’s passing on Saturday, October 17 in a text from a family member. My son was also prevented from attending yesterday’s funeral.
As a mother, I have now watched my son lose his father twice. First through estrangement and again after they reunited. Family values are a stated part of Representative Benarroch’s platform, which makes these circumstances very important to examine.
Public office demands judgment, compassion, respect, and accountability. People place their trust in those who represent Florida. I believe that trust deserves careful consideration when serious questions arise about an elected official’s conduct. You can consider what happened and reach your own conclusions. Representative Benarroch will have her own account and she deserves to be heard.
Our family is far from perfect, but a father and a son chose to reconcile, and they deserved the opportunity. Family values are not about having a perfect family, they are about how we treat one another when it matters most.
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