florida issues

I'm sure this was discussed elsewhere, but is kind of noteworthy standalone. Florida governor Ron DeSantis thinks it would be the bees knees if he could directly command a branch of the military comprised of private citizens that would not be under Pentagon control. Just Ronny-Ron. What could...

Politico: DeSantis asks protesters to stay out of Florida roads in reversal on anti-riot law I think he's created trouble for defending the new Florida law in court--despite hastily backing away from selective enforcement, he demonstrated how easy it is for selective enforcement to occur.

This might be more appropo to Social or US politics but here goes: So in Florida there is a Civil War battlefield Olustee, not a major battlefield but not a minor one by any stretch of the imagination. On this field there are some 3 monuments to Confederate soldiers. The only Union monument...

Here in Florida, there's a civil war going on within the GOP. Former Florida GOP Chair Jim Greer is claiming his party was seeking how to suppress the black vote. He's the same one that claimed Charlie Christ is tried to kiss him, my former governor. Also he's under investigation for facing...

Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible" The only thing missing is a comment from a local man.

orlando has restrictions on feeding the poor???!!! welcome to america! the land of the free! http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-homeless-feedings-arrests-20110601,0,1453301.story By Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel 1:33 p.m. EDT, June 2, 2011 Members of Orlando Food Not...

Florida governor proves he is an idiot. I swear that people who oppose high speed rail just need to be walled off somewhere so they can fester in the mad max wasteland their ideologies would inevitably create. They disgust me. They just thoroughly disgust me. I am ashamed that I have to...

My state has passed ballot amendment 2 which reads: Never mind that there's already a state statute against it, and Florida adopted the DOMA, we had to go for this bigotry as well. As I told the guy violating the "No campaigning past this line" marker before I got him thrown out who was...

I watched a documentary a few nights ago, entitled We Are Dad, about two gay men, the six kids with HIV/AIDS that no one else wanted that they took into their homes and their hearts, and the family that they created for these children. The first four children that they took in and became...