Patrick O'Bryant

Proud Floridian, mediocre attorney | Florida State and Harvard Law Alum

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

I believe access to the American Dream begins in the classroom, so protecting strong public education is not a partisan choice but our moral obligation. Florida's future will be decided by the children we choose to invest in today.

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[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

Rich coming from the man who spent $83 million of taxpayer money to buy 4 acres of his donor’s coastal land ($75 million profit in just ten years!) and diverted $10 million of public money to fund PACs opposing citizen referendums.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Blaise is right to hold local government in Alachua accountable.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

What a joke. The middle class are fleeing Florida as rising costs and wealthy transplants push every day Floridians out of the state. Republicans are dismantling public education brick by brick while consistently putting special interests first. They’re killing the American Dream

[Ashley Moody @AshleyMoodyFL]

The Florida Dream is the American Dream delivered. It’s the result of strong Republican leadership that puts freedom, opportunity, and families first. It’s the reason why millions of Americans are flocking to Florida.

And as your Senator, I’m fighting to bring those same priorities to Washington so every family can thrive.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

As I said last week:

[Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL]

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Several House GOP lawmakers, otherwise supportive of property tex relief, tell @Fla_Pol they are getting calls from @GovRonDeSantis staff asking:

-‘Where are you on Governor’s tax plan?’

-‘What are your top budget appropriations?’

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@davidjollyfl The American Dream is a promise that every man, woman and child, through hard work and determination can find success and prosperity. But for the first time in generations, we’re taking away access to the American Dream, not expanding it. We must do better
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[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

By nature of what it takes to build a winning coalition as a Dem, we’ve always relied too much on candidates who’ve just “got it” and can build the coalition themselves. 2028 is a long ways away, but Ossoff is one of those people who just have it.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

Because you’re using the surrounding public roads, you take advantage of local emergency services, you use local parks, and, possibly, send (or sent) your kids to local public schools. Those things cost money and are supported through property taxes.

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

My home is paid off.

Why do I have to pay property taxes on it?

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@AllisonTantFL @steveschale @AndrewSolender @Bencjacobs And, importantly, HB91 provides a method of enforcing the requirement in Court, which was a problem post Jones v. Schiller, which held that there was not a disqualification mechanism in the previous version of the statute

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

Even if the House wants to kill this, the Governor is going to hold all their major budget projects over them. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL]

Hopefully @MyFLHouse will kill this baby in the crib. Lord knows @FLSenate won’t.

But even if it makes it on ballot, with initiative hurting schools (and Meatball Ron unable to pilfer $ like he did with Hope Florida), it won’t grt the 60% needed.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@PeterSchorschFL @myflhouse @FLSenate But it will be a campaign talking point as electeds will be able to say they tried to address affordability and housing cost issues. Puts Dems in a tough position trying to oppose this in the current climate.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

Ultimately this is just a campaign talking point. Will play well on addressing affordability issues and forces Dems in a tough position of opposing this in the current environment. Politically, it’s a smart play to for republicans electorally.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

Going to gut local government budgets, slash public safety funding that comes from property tax revenues, and let the State pick which cities it wants to support and which it doesn’t. A terrible idea he’s only doing at the end of his term so he can avoid the obvious consequences.

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

Today in Tampa, I outlined the Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes plan that will eliminate taxes on homesteads. 

Property tax revenue collected by local governments has nearly doubled in the past seven years (from $32 billion to $60 billion) and is expected to reach an astounding $83 billion by 2032.

Florida homeowners need relief. Now is the time to stand up for taxpayers, enact a historic reform, and save the home of every Floridian.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@steveschale Wrote on exactly this issue in Florida a few months ago. Education is the pathway for many to access American Dream, but we’re walking away from it here:
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[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@jonfavs A major issue, which of course is unaddressed in that mess: voters experience different political realities depending on where they live/what media they consume. We dont disagree just on policy but on what institutions are supposed to do entirely. Yet Dems have no plan to address

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@GwenGraham Nice meeting you at the event in Tallahassee a few weeks ago, I actually wrote a bit on this issue a few months ago. We need to be doing better in Florida, we’ve undone all the progress your dad made many years ago: https://t.co/WErnTPGIWr

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@steveschale Kidding aside, I agree. Desperately need some real mature leadership and stability to not waste the opportunities that are present this cycle (something we are too good at doing). Someone like Howard Dean, Kerry, or Gore would be ideal.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@steveschale Really nice piece. In a better spot today than I would have ever guessed a year ago, with a real opportunity to get out of the super minority if things go our way down ballot.

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

My new most prized possession is this handwritten letter from @BarackObama (!!!!)

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

The $6m cash on hand is what’s most impressive. We’ve seen candidates before have big fundraising numbers but little cash on hand as they’re spending it to raise it. Vindman is actually building a nice warchest.

[POLITICO @politico]

Vindman raises $8.2M for Democratic Florida Senate bid https://t.co/k7v38MloH2

[Patrick O'Bryant @PatrickOBryant]

@TheMattDailey Clown show but let them keep focusing on stuff like this and wonder why they lose elections despite incredibly favorable turnout numbers like yesterday