Fuck DeSantis

Any Dem. People know how lucky they are that RDS is in the governor's mansion. That's why hundreds of thousands have abandoned blue states to resettle here. Ain't nobody going to NY, NJ, MI, IL.

They've been coming here since the 1950s, mainly for the climate -- and the retirees for the low taxes.
 
DeSantis

Fuck.you I won't do what ya tell me

Fuck.you I won't do what ya tell me

Fuck.you I won't do what ya tell me.
you're impersonation of bidudeguy is spot on except there's not quite enough spittle and-obviously-not using some childish name-calling for Mr President Biden
 
That's awesome world-building fantasy there. do you write for the fiction stories on here also? you've got some chops for it!

Oh, it's real enough -- by now, Yankee immigrants and their descendants (including me) far outnumber the pre-WWII white "cracker" families (including me). But, like I said, that's been going on ever since the 1950s, when air conditioning became widely available in Florida; it has little to do with more recent red-blue politics. And, of course, there are two other important elements in the population -- blacks and Latinos. Lotsa lotsa Latinos. Miami-Dade County is more than half Latino, and not only Cubans -- I once lived in Homestead, and there are so many Mexicans there that it was the only time in my life I ever felt tall.
 
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DeSantis unleashes vengeance on Disney. This is the stuff of Nixon’s enemies list
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article260561817.html

In an act of pure vengeance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he was using his powers to expand this week’s special session in a push to strip Walt Disney World of the special taxing district that independently governs it.


It’s clear that the governor has been nursing a towering grudge against Disney ever since the company had the nerve to listen to its employees and — belatedly, but rightly — speak out against the “Don’t say gay” bill, withholding political campaign contributions in Florida.


And it may be that the taxing district, which has been around since 1967 and encompasses two cities, is an outdated concept. The district functions much like a government, with the ability to issue tax-free bonds, provide police and fire service and, notably, build its own nuclear power plant, something DeSantis seized on as shocking.



But there are ways to handle changing that, such as proposing legislation during the regular session — which happened in 2019, though the measure died — and allowing the issue to be fully aired and a logical conclusion reached.


That would be thoughtful. That would be normal.





This? This is the stuff of Richard Nixon and his enemies list.


For those who may not remember, the country’s 37th president kept a list of enemies that was revealed during the Watergate scandal. Its purpose, according to Nixon’s assistant in a 1971 memo, was to plan “how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”


And that’s what’s going on here. DeSantis is using the levers of government to crush his enemy.


DeSantis is no fool. He’s covering his tracks, though with the most transparent of excuses, by saying that he wants the Legislature to consider getting rid of all special taxing districts that were enacted before 1968 and haven’t been reestablished since. So far it looks like that would include just a handful of districts along with Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District.


House Speaker Chris Sprowls defended the governor’s move, saying the House has long contemplated this action. That doesn’t pass the smell test. In the war between Disney and DeSantis, this isn’t a grenade, it’s a precision missile strike, and it’s aimed right at Central Florida.





Back in 1971, Nixon’s list had 20 names on it. Over the next few years, it grew to 576 names. We all know how that ended.


Now we have DeSantis’ frightening misuse of power. It must stop here, and that starts with lawmakers stiffening their backbones. Today, it’s Disney. Tomorrow, who knows?
 
Abolishing Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District should interest the Osceola County Commission, but who else cares?
 
Disney should buy a couple thousand acres in Georgia. See how Florida will like that?
 
I can't wait till other states start chiming in
Every theme park invests in itself. Why update something old when you could have something new? First step....have the land available.
 
Abolishing Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District should interest the Osceola County Commission, but who else cares?
The tax payers who are going to be saddled with the debt that they have to take over?
 
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