I.e., it very much has a lot to do with synchronizing with the Caribbean, including for business reasons (especially given travel from/to, services shared between, etc... ).

It also has to do with the realities of the sun in Florida, much like many New England states are looking at as well (like MA). .

Most Floridians, especially business leaders (among other communities), have been talking about this for years.

- bjs

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**P. S. Despite demonizations in the US media (that may be replicated internationally), Florida's legislative leadership is very much in-tune with the makeup and views of their constituents on these matters. I won't go into the reasons why that's often at odds with representation in the media.

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On Saturday, February 17, 2018, Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca> wrote:

On 2018-02-17 14:22, John M. Harris, Jr. wrote:
> On February 17, 2018 4:15:47 PM EST, Steve Jones wrote:>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:09 AM, Frank Vance wrote:>>
http://wfla.com/2018/02/14/florida-house-oks-bill-asking-to-skip-daylight-saving-time/
>> “The [Florida] House voted 103-11 to approve the bill to ask Congress to
>> let Florida remain in Daylight Saving Time all year, meaning while the rest
>> of the Eastern United States sets their clocks back in the fall, Florida
>> wouldn’t.”
> So, if I understand this, the portion of the panhandle currently in the
> Central time zone would be permanently on CDT (=EST), while the remainder of
> the state would be on permanent EDT (=AST)?> That essentially adds a brand new border all the way around the state of
> Florida, which would involve being an hour out of sync with every foreign
> neighbor (e.g. the Bahamas & Cuba, as well as with every US State and
> Canadian Province in the Central and Eastern time zones. So during standard
> time, if traveling from Miami to Nassau, you'd actually go BACK an hour.> This sounds certain to cause great confusion, not to mention the disruption
> of commerce. I wonder what the odds are that the US Feds will approve it.
> I would question disruption to commerce, but it would definitely cause
> confusion.
Given AZ, HI, PR, VI have no DST, PR and VI are on AST, the DoC may not be
able to block it if the state wants it, it may encourage the few other
Caribbean nations who still use it to drop it, and some to switch to AST.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada