As a business owner for thirty years, Bill knows that local businesses are the backbone of our communities. He will work to ensure that Florida maintains a strong economy by supporting businesses and the workforce.  

Businesses 

Bill is in favor of policies that support employers through tax breaks for those that help create job opportunities by hiring veterans and for those that create apprenticeship programs. He also will seek to remove predatory lenders from Florida and he will seek ways to remove obstacles for businesses that are trying to get started. Bill understands what it takes to start and run a business. As a young teen, Bill helped run his family’s local car mechanic business when his father fell ill, and then later, Bill took over the business. He also knows what it’s like to start from scratch, having later started a new business in a different field that began as a one-man company. Bill faced many struggles including working over twenty hours a day, seven days a week, facing car repossession, and utilities being turned off while trying to make ends meet. Through dedication, hard work, and perseverance, Bill later turned his once one-man business into an established, larger-scale sign production business. 

Bill has earned decades of experience and he has used his expertise to mentor small business owners through a non-profit organization called SCORE. As a mentor for this non-profit organization, Bill has provided educational classes to potential business owners on the necessities needed when starting a business. For struggling businesses, he has provided mentorship by evaluating business models, financial documents, and business operations and made recommendations to help support the businesses to thrive once again. 

Although he never ran a franchise business himself, Bill started an initiative to help out those who started businesses in the franchise industry when he noticed that business owners who were trying to start up a franchise were unable to do so because they ran out of money just getting started. They would try to sell their signs back to him because they could no longer proceed with the opening. Bill provided education to franchise prospects on how to properly buy one and advised them on some risks commonly experienced.  Bill also wrote a book called “Is Franchising for U” that included background information and steps to take to be successful in franchising. He then created a second book which was a workbook that new business owners could use at tradeshows as a resource to ascertain important answers on starting franchises.  

Employees 

As a business owner, Bill understands the importance of workers that keep our economy thriving. In 2008, when the economy crashed, and during COVID, his company did not lay off employees when many others were doing that. Bill supports measures to help workforce development, job opportunities, and competitive wages. As a tradesman himself, Bill knows firsthand how important trades are to our economy, and he will prioritize the implementation of trades and allied sciences in public schools and other training programs.  

Bill will be a strong voice and partner for workers, small businesses, business leaders, and non-profit leaders for the betterment of our communities. As a business owner, Bill understands the art of working with multiple stakeholders to achieve success and has a proven track record of creating innovative solutions.