Texas Roofer Arrested in Florida

Esp. after reading the article, unless there is something big that it doesn't say, it seems like a reasonable defense. I thinik they should let him go. And I think Florida should let out of state roofers do roofing after hurricanes.

OTOH it only seems fair considering that Florida arrested 20 felons for voting who had been told their voting rights were restored by the law that was passed and who had been issued voting registration cards.

And when the fly-by-night roofer does a s*it job, all the democrats will be looking for a government grant to repair their roof properly.

I'm guessing there are some sort of bonding requirements. The article mentions that there are 18 states that have reciprocal licensing agreements. Florida doesn't happen to be one of them. This particular roofer is at the top of the class as far as work quality. Tired, hurried, overworked men make mistakes. Having a few good guys from out of state would seem like a good thing.

Son, an insurance company lawyer, went through the pitfalls of having someone injured on your property that is uninsured. These roofers could work for a licensed insured contractor and be OK but by themselves might present the hazard of homeowner being responsible if the roofer is injured. There may be reciprocal licensing agreements between states but insurance in one state may not cover work in another.

DeSantis should fly the illegal roofers to Martha's Vineyard.

They sure do have some odd justice down there. Too bad Fretwell left, I'm sure he could have explained it.

He's probably looking for a roofer; iirc, he was in the tampa/st pete/ft meyers area.

Yes, he was. I saw a post by him in a technical group, a while back but after he disappeared from here. So he's still alive and roofing.

The Florida roofers need to hire out of state roofers as subcontractors - under their licence - to get the roofs fixed. Take a percentage off the top as a management/license fee. Texas Pride Roofing, for example, could be "hired" by Prestige Roofing of Fort Meyers to handle the jobs Prestige had no chance of getting done in a timely manner - meaning someone else would get the job. By "hiring" Texas Pride to do the work they would get say 10% of the profit, instead of zero.

If that's not legal in Florida, hire the employees of Texas Pride to do the job.

That's the area where most of the fatalities were. As for roofers, much of the video that I've seen from that area showed empty places where houses used to be, so they'll need more than a roofer.

I think about 15 mi E of the southeast end of Sanibel Island, not far south of Ft. Myers. Not a good place to have been. Hope he was smart enough to evacuate.

Texas Pride Roofing better really need work to be willing to give up 10% plus pay for lodging, meals on the road, gas, etc.

If they've got work in Texas, they don't need to go to Florida - unless the prices are jacked up so high that it makes it worth giving up the 10% and paying other expenses. I'll bet temporary lodging in the impacted areas ain't cheap these days.