Don Kanfer
Kanfer, 75, is a veterinarian who has practiced in DeLand for nearly 40 years and is a Rotarian and community volunteer. He holds an agriculture degree from the University of Nevada, Reno and a DVM from the University of Parma in Italy.
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Positions on the major issues
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Property taxes Leans disagree· stated position
Says taxes will always be needed because local governments provide most day-to-day services, and that insurance, not taxes, is the bigger burden.
"Taxes will always be with us, since our local governments provide most of our day-to-day services"
Property insurance Leans agree· stated position
Says premiums must come down in line with actual risk; his site calls for protecting policyholders, penalties for bad-faith claim delays and no-fault reform.
"Protect policyholders, not profits"
Housing affordability Leans agree· stated position
Proposes higher taxes on speculative vacant dwellings and lower purchase fees to help first-time buyers.
Immigration Leans disagree· stated position
Kanfer said he does not agree with current enforcement: immigration laws should be enforced, but current methods ignore constitutional safeguards.
"While immigration laws need to be enforced, the current haphazard methods currently being used are ignoring constitutional safeguards and trampling on citizen’s rights."
Abortion Leans agree· stated position
Supports abortion access in cases of rape, incest, threats to the woman's physical or mental health as determined by her doctors, and non-viable pregnancies.
Health care Strongly agrees· stated position
Says the short answer is to expand Medicaid, plus a stronger preventive role for county health departments.
"The short answer is to expand Medicaid availability"
Education & school choice Leans disagree· stated position
His issues page opposes significant state funding of voucher programs and favors public school funding and state scholarships.
Environment & water Leans agree· stated position
Kanfer named overdevelopment and destruction of environmentally sensitive land, plus flooding, as top environmental issues, and said data centers should have to prove no environmental impact and supply their own power.
"Overdevelopment and destruction of environmentally sensitive lands, along with traffic congestion and flooding."
Growth & development Strongly agrees· stated position
Calls the erosion of local control over land use and development by Tallahassee his top concern and would work to restore home rule.
"will work to restoring home rule and the ability of local governments to determine what is best for their citizens"
Elections & voting Leans agree· stated position
Would have state agencies expedite and provide citizenship documents at little or no cost; his site opposes gerrymandering and supports voting-rights protections.
Energy & utilities Leans agree· stated position
Kanfer supports encouraging home rooftop solar to cut utility bills and says any data centers that are permitted should have to be energy neutral, with no impact on the power grid or utility bills.
"They would also have to be energy neutral, meaning they would have to generate their own power or prove that they would have no impact on our power grid and utility bills."
No public position found on 7 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Taxes & spending, Guns, Marijuana, Crime & policing, Gender identity laws, Trump administration, Veterans. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.
Other issues this candidate has raised
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.