State Farm No Good Neighbor to Rep. Castro

[Snoutport]

Source: The Texas Tribune

To state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, State Farm is no good neighbor.

After an Austin judge ruled this week that the insurance giant owes its Texas customers $350 million for overcharging for premiums between 2003 and 2008, Castro dropped the home and car insurance policies he's held with the company since 2000.

“Your refusal to make good for overcharging your customers in this state is a disservice to the thousands of Texas policyholders that have trusted you with their most important investment, their home,” Castro wrote in a letter mailed this morning.

Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/state-farm-no-good-neighbor-to-rep-castro/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Tribune%20Feed:%20Top%20Stories

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Nice to see a politician actually standing up against the corporations on a personal level.

[MrsBrady]

1. booked marked for later n/t

[hamsterjill]

2. We are lucky enough to have his twin brother as our mayor!

Julian Castro is mayor of San Antonio.

We need more like them!

[Snoutport]

4. c'mon then! get them to run for governor!

[hamsterjill]

5. I believe that is the current plan!!!!

Wouldn't it be wonderful to get rid of Gov. Goodhair???!!!!!

[theywillhatethis]

3. Like a good neighbor...

you know the rest.