Comments on: Town Flood Insurance Rates Should See ‘Drastic’ Drop

By: Joe Coccaro

Joe Coccaro — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:39:06 +0000

Unless I am missing something here, the good folks of Cape Charles should be clicking their heels celebrating FEMA’s flood reclassification. Those with flood insurance will pay much less and those without might actually be able to afford it.

Don’t get sidetracked with squawking about taxes on pensions and whatnot. This is great news for the town. Feel happy!

By: Marie Frocke

Marie Frocke — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:13:12 +0000

The rich are not stealing; it’s the politicians that are stealing and blaming it on the rich. Enough already, most taxpayers are paying more than their fair share. The government wastes billions of our hard-earned tax dollars, giving benefits to individuals that are in the generational cycle of welfare and disability schemes and they don’t ever want it to change.

By: Dana Lascu

Dana Lascu — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:03:30 +0000

The best homeowners insurance deal by far is Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, which we have used after Erie decided that they were no longer insuring the Shore. We paid approximately $2000 the first year and now, for Cape Charles, we pay about $700 yearly, while, for Richmond, we pay under $400 for a 3,000 sq. foot house in the Fan. We learned about it from neighbors: the insurance company replaced their slate roof, copper gutters, the works, restoring the house to its original magnificent state. Subsequently, I learned that many of my colleagues had this insurance.

By: Bob Meyers

Bob Meyers — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:25:04 +0000

Pete, I think you missed the correct word according to Mr. Sacco. Your last line should read, “There isn’t much left for the current group of politicians to steal,” which may be far more accurate.

By: Debbie Suddeth

Debbie Suddeth — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:04:57 +0000

I happen to be a Virginia licensed insurance agent for the past 14 yrs. and there are options available for Cape Charles residents that may lower your homeowners insurance. Feel free to look me up on the web! Debbie Suddeth, Farmers Insurance

By: Pete Baumann

Pete Baumann — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:23:08 +0000

This sounds like great news, and I would like to take advantage of it asap. Does anyone know when the insurance companies will “recognize” the new classifications? I know there will be a 30-day waiting period, no matter what. Will there be time to buy flood before the height of this hurricane season?
I paid off my mortgage by liquidating pretty much everything I owned. That allowed me to drop my flood insurance, which I could no longer afford on p/t salary, but I’m not happy about being left vulnerable as global warming continues to increase the number and violence of tropical storms.
As to Mr. Sacco’s point, Farm Bureau refused to renew my homeowners’ and now, like Mr. Sacco, I am now paying about 45% more per year. America’s biggest problem is that there isn’t much left for the rich to steal.

By: David Gay

David Gay — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:50:10 +0000

Mr. Sacco are you going to run for town council or a county office?

By: Anthony Sacco

Anthony Sacco — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:21:27 +0000

I don’t have flood insurance, but my homeowners insurance shot up 34 percent. People like myself on fixed income will be feeling a lower standard of living. The less money we have, the less we will buy with no sales taxes for our local government. Watch for senior citizens to begin their exit and move to Florida where their pensions are not taxed. And I also heard in the scuttlebutt that the politicians are going to raise our real estate taxes — like the insurance companies picking our pockets clean. All of you politicians in Northampton County are not qualified to hold office if you cannot lower taxes, create non-government jobs, provide better education for our children, better teachers, better shopping with lower costs of goods, senior citizens centers, and give us old folks a hospital so we can have a better chance for survival. Please leave you egos home and do the job or get out of the way and let better people do it for you. I could show you how it’s done — next time vote for me!