
The Candidate

MEET ADAM
Get To Know Adam!
Adam is a business owner and candidate for Congress to fill the vacant seat in Florida's 3rd district. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Adam was raised in Palm Harbor, Florida pre-recession before moving to Indiana, where his father got a job for Eli-Lilly. Following his graduation from high school, he attended and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia as a 3-sport athlete with a degree in Biology.
Following college, Adam decided to move back to Florida and started his first company with $3,000 in his pocket. Two years later he and his business partners started a second company in Gainesville, Fl which they recently sold. Having grown up a republican in a deep red state, he saw first-hand what can happen to communities hit hardest by financial greed. Rising drug costs, the opioid epidemic, and the housing crises affected every part of the state.


Learn More About Adam!
Another formative experience happened after being mistakenly arrested in Central Florida while coaching a high school soccer game. During this experience, he saw firsthand the harm that over-policing, private prisons, and the predatory cash bail industry do to our communities. This experience helped him form the belief that systems that are designed to prey on the poor and middle class should not exist in a just or moral society, and that the greed of these systems is what has caused the majority of the issues and hurt that we have today in Central Florida.
Adam currently lives in Gainesville Fl, with his pomsky puppy Pummel. He is ready to be a champion for the working class as a member of Congress.
Protecting Our Country
Every year Americans lose over 40 billion dollars to spam calls and telemarketing fraud
A Florida Issue
In the past year alone, Floridians have reported over 370,000 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission, ranking Florida as 9th out of all 50 states.
Spam Calls
We Can:
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Protect the information, time, and money of Floridians
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Fix a problem costing our country millions
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Enforce our State Laws
Spam calls, extended warranties, and telemarketing fraud have become an all too common practice affecting Americans. Current Florida policy carries a retrospective approach to solving spam calls and fraud. The Commissioner of Agriculture can solve this problem prospectively by enforcing the laws that we already have that make these spam calls illegal.
Data from the Federal Trade Commission finds that every year Americans lose over 40 billion dollars to spam calls and telemarketing fraud.[1] Floridians have not escaped these harms. In the past year alone, Floridians have reported over 370,000 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission, ranking Florida as 9th out of all 50 states for complaints.[2]
Florida consumers are seeing unregulated spam calls in the form of fake debt collectors, mortgage company agents, cable providers, and extended warranties. Spam callers buy information from often legitimate brokers.[3] From there it is a simple process of using software to make calls to up to one million people in a single hour.[4]
Right now, consumers have very limited options to stop their information, time, and money from being stolen. The Commissioner of Agriculture has the resources to prevent these calls.
[1]https://www.fdacs.gov/Consumer-Resources/Scams-and-Fraud/Telemarketing-Fraud
[2] https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/federal.trade.commission/viz/DoNotCallComplaints/Maps
Education
So, What Can We Do?!
Chapter 510 of the Florida Statutes lays out telemarketing laws in the State of Florida. Virtually all of these spam and scam calls are illegal in Florida. They are still so prevalent in the state because complaints are usually ignored by law officials. It is the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to enforce these necessary consumer protection laws.
The Commissioner of Agriculture is able to investigate the perpetrators, and legally pursue them. This would not only help Floridians now, but be proactive in setting a precedent for future perpetrators. If calls still occur, the Commissioner can investigate telecommunications providers to ensure they are actively working to combat illegal spam and fraud. We must have a Commissioner that enforces the laws instead of ignoring Floridians.
The Calls are Illegal
Spam and fraudulent calls are already illegal, we just need someone to stop them.