{"id":6214,"date":"2025-08-27T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6214"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:01:35","slug":"congressman-visits-florida-dealer-discussing-issues-facing-used-vehicle-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/congressman-visits-florida-dealer-discussing-issues-facing-used-vehicle-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman visits Florida dealer, discussing issues facing used vehicle industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Second-generation car dealer John Stepanek welcomed Congressman Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) to his dealership, Stepanek\u2019s Auto Sales and Service, in Vero Beach, Florida, Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stepanek, who operates the dealership with his sons, talked about operating the family-run business started by his father in the 1970s, the importance of superior customer service, and some of the challenges facing independent dealers in today\u2019s economy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-1536x1233.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-2048x1645.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-380x305.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-550x442.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-800x642.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-1160x931.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/stepanek-2-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Haridopolos discussed some of the work being accomplished in Washington, D.C., to support small businesses like Stepanek&#8217;s Auto Sales and Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIADA CEO Jeff Martin and Director of Government Relations and Compliance Patrick O&#8217;Brien arranged and attended the visit in partnership with FIADA.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Second-generation car dealer John Stepanek welcomed Congressman Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) to his dealership, Stepanek\u2019s Auto Sales and Service,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,28,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advocacy","8":"category-independent","9":"category-industry","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}