August 14, 2026

A bombshell report found that Lazy Lil’ Jared Moskowitz, as AshBritt’s top lawyer, attempted to price-gouge a Florida community just 18 days after Hurricane Irma devastated Florida.

Moskowitz showed up to a Parkland City Commission meeting demanding they sign off on a contract price increase that was so egregious that commissioners expressed they felt “as though they were being held hostage” by it.

And don’t forget that while Moskowitz was trying to squeeze more money from taxpayers, he was being paid nearly half a million dollars…

Read the full story here or see excerpts below:

Moskowitz’s $445,000 job at hurricane clean-up company accused of price-gouging resurfaces in toss-up Florida race
Washington Examiner
Hailey Bullis
August 13, 2026

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Moskowitz, who is seeking reelection in a GOP-leaning seat, served in the Florida state Legislature from 2012 to 2019, when he joined Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration as the director of the emergency management division. But during his time as a state elected official, Moskowitz also worked for almost a decade at AshBritt, a “rapid-response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor.”

The company has faced a string of controversies over the years, including being accused of price gouging. According to Moskowitz’s financial disclosure, AshBritt paid him $445,658 in 2017 alone. In October of that same year, then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi launched an investigation into AshBritt over allegations that the company “attempted to revise contracts by withholding performance until and unless governments paid increased rates.”

In 2017, Moskowitz, in his capacity under AshBritt, requested a price increase on Sept. 28 for the company’s contract with the city of Parkland, Florida. The request came 18 days after Hurricane Irma, a category four storm, smashed into Florida, killing 84 people and causing more than $50 billion in damage.

At the time, Moskowitz and AshBritt chief executive Randy Perkins described the increase as based on market standards, citing market destabilization from the natural disasters. Florida and much of the southeastern United States experienced supply chain disruptions due to the “quick succession” of Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, and Maria, according to a study by the National Library of Medicine. 

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Still, according to Parkland City Commission meeting minutes on Sept. 28, commissioners felt “as though they were being held hostage” by the price increase. Parkland’s then-Mayor Christine Hunschofsky also expressed concern that the request was received late.

National Republican Congressional Committee Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole alleged in a statement that Moskowitz has “made a living out of squeezing taxpayers and stiffing workers all while lining his own pockets.”

“Lazy little Jared Moskowitz doesn’t care about defending those he purports to represent,” O’Toole wrote. “That’s not the representative Floridians deserve, and they’ll send him into retirement this November.”

Moskowitz declined to comment on this story. 

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The controversy over the attempted price hike in Parkland was not the issue lobbed at AshBritt during Moskowtiz’s tenure with the company.

AshBritt was accused of “not performing under terms” of its debris removal contract in Monroe County, Florida, in the wake of Irma. Monroe County Mayor George Neugent specifically said the company failed to provide the agreed-upon number of trucks to help expedite post-hurricane cleanup.

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AshBritt also received complaints for work they did in California after the 2017 wildfires and in New Jersey in 2013.

In New Jersey, AshBritt was awarded a contract without bidding by then-Gov. Chris Christie’s administration to help remove debris from Hurricane Sandy. The company expected to make more than $100 million off the contract. 

Yet a local outlet, Asbury Park Press, found that AshBritt was charging nearly double what another Florida company charged for its services. The contract award was heavily scrutinized at the time and was subject to a federal audit, though no wrongdoing was found.

In California, the company was among the targets of complaints from residents alleging that AshBritt, along with other hauling companies, paid by weight, dug up more dirt than necessary to inflate their earnings.

The complaints resulted in a lawsuit, in which AshBritt and another firm were accused of directing “workers under their control to commit such fraud on the United States government for the purpose of increasing their respective profits.”

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