Be careful what you wish for it might come true.

Florida just voted in their first black governor so thats a good thing. The bad thing is he owes mostly everything to big sugar. Martin County you can remember this when your water and everything you hold dear is destroyed.

Here are some facts:

Major Contributions: U.S. Sugar contributed $500,000 to his efforts, and his campaign drew more than $1.2 million overall from related corporate and donor networks. [1, 2]

“Billionaires for Byron”: Florida Crystals executives and other high-profile agricultural and real estate interests co-hosted exclusive, high-dollar fundraisers for Donalds, including events with massive entry fees (such as $100,000-per-plate dinners). [1, 2, 3]

Environmental Concerns: Critics and environmental groups—such as VoteWater—raised alarms over his close ties to agricultural companies and proposed projects near the Everglades, questioning how his administration would handle water management and Everglades restoration.

Campaign Finance and Donor Sources

• Raised Funds: Byron Donalds and his political action committee (PAC), Friends of Byron Donalds, raised over $42 million total, with more than $38 million coming through the PAC. [1]
• Key Donors: Financial backing includes contributions from real estate developers and construction firms (nearly $3 million), Associated Industries of Florida PAC ($525,000), Florida PC ($237,000), NextEra Energy and Duke Energy ($500,000 each), and Mosaic Global Sales LLC ($200,000). [1]
• Advocacy Stance: VoteWater.org notes that Donalds’ environmental rhetoric has drawn scrutiny because his major financial backers include utilities, developers, and agricultural interests that often support weakened environmental regulations. [1]
• Conservation Scores: The League of Conservation Voters reported a 0% score for Byron Donalds in 2025, with a lifetime score of 1% on environmental, public lands, climate, and clean air/water legislation.

ore Stance and Policies

• Pro-Development Position: Donalds maintains that Florida must embrace data center and AI infrastructure to remain economically competitive, rejecting statewide bans or moratoriums proposed by critics (“There ain’t no bans coming”). [1, 2]
• Local Control: He emphasizes that local governments and municipal commissions—not the state—hold the authority to approve or deny building permits for data centers, and states the state will not preempt local decisions. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Ratepayer Protections: Responding to concerns that massive energy and water demands will drive up household utility bills, Donalds pushed for state and federal legislation (such as the Protecting Ratepayers Act and related Florida statutes) requiring new and existing data centers to generate and use their own independent power and water sources rather than draining public infrastructure. [1, 2, 3]

Thank you to all the people who tried to vote for a more reasonable candidate.

May you have the day you voted for.