re: DeSantis does it again

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How many starving kids in Africa will die due to this budget?

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Not the concern of Florida taxpayers.

If they are concerned there are options to provide their private money to help.

Democrats could choose to solve homelessness if they stopped waiting for mommy government. But they don’t.

But why?

Dead center of the state. Can’t understand the draw.

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No wonder maga hates this guy so much. He actually shows some fiscal restraint

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He should be Pres right now

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But why?

Dead center of the state. Can’t understand the draw.

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This mentality is always interesting to me. I mean it's not like everyone in Florida can live right on A1A or the Gulf.

I live in the Orlando area as well. Now I have a slight advantage being on the east side, but I can be in Cocoa Beach / Cape Canaveral in 45 minutes. An hour at most if there's some significant traffic.

You live in Tampa or one of the eastern suburbs of Tampa, and it's going to take you 45 minutes to get to the beach. You live a few miles inland in South Florida and take traffic at the wrong time and it's going to take you 45 minutes to get to the beach. A 45 minute drive is not a huge deal.

Now yes, the heat in the summer stinks, no debate there. But we're not California or Oregon where the coast can be 20 - 25 degrees cooler than a few miles inland. The Gulf Coast is usually just as hot as Central Florida, sometimes hotter. While the East Coast beaches are cooler due to wind and sea breeze, you're talking 5 degrees, 10 degrees at most. Not a huge difference.

And the nice thing where I live. I don't ever have to evacuate for a Hurricane. My homeowner's insurance is probably half of what it would be for a property on the coast. I am not on the coast or by any rivers or creeks, so I don't have to carry flood insurance or ever have to worry about flooding or storm surge. So more money for fun and trips.

Also, since most of Orlando has been built in the last 20 - 30 years, most power lines are underground, including mine. Now given, I also have the advantage of being close to a hospital, but the eye of Hurricane Irma went right over our area in 2017. And we were also hit by Hurricane Ian in 2022 and Hurricane Milton in 2024. In all three of those stores, my power barely even flickered. Many areas of the coast are older areas and still have above ground lines, meaning a far better chance of extended power outages during and after a Hurricane.

I feel like I get most of the advantages of being on the coast without the downsides. Don't get me wrong, I have no love for Orlando itself. Downtown Orlando has become an absolutely terrible area and traffic in so many areas of Orlando is awful.

My job is here so it would be hard to leave. If I ever can work remotely or when I retire, I would like to live more in North Florida to be closer to other parts of the south and the mountains.

When I don't have to be in Orlando, I will probably stay in Florida but look at Flagler Beach/Palm Coast/St. Augustine area. Maybe areas just south of Jacksonville (though like Orlando, I don't like Jacksonville proper). But there are reasons people are in Orlando and it's really not as terrible as you make it out to be.

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You honestly believe if we had poll tests, we wouldn't have an entirely different set of politicians in America?

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We'd start from the same lobbyist purchased field of candidates, so who gives a frick about a poll test? From the start, these people are bought... or they don't get through the gate. The only exception to that are the rare cases of extremely wealthy people using their own money to finance a campaign... and even then, the higher up the ticket, the price tag gets even too massive for them to bear.