What's happening in DeSantistan 2.0

Headlines in today's paper:

Desantis signs bear shooting bill; Vetos Crackdown On Left Lane Drivers

Desantis signs bill imposing limits on watchdog panels

Court Gives Desantis The Go Ahead To Sneak Around In Secret

 

Peter Schorsch calls this a bombshell. Not sure. Looks like some pedestrian corruption
FDLE confirms investigation involving Orlando-area Rep. Amesty – Orlando Sentinel

 

DeSantis vetoes bill on ex-inmates’ Florida residency for tuition – NBC 6 South Florida

Saying that Florida should “not reward criminal activity,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have helped people who have been in prison keep their Florida resident status for higher-education tuition purposes.

Lawmakers passed the bill (SB 62) during the legislative session that ended in March, with the Senate unanimously approving it and the House voting 109-5 for it. The measure would have applied to people who otherwise met requirements to be classified as residents, such as maintaining legal Florida residence for 12 months before enrolling at colleges or universities.

State law currently “does not specifically authorize or prohibit time incarcerated in a Florida prison” to count toward the year-long legal residency requirement, according to a Senate analysis of the bill.

Students who meet residency requirements pay lower tuition than out-of-state students. But DeSantis criticized the bill in a veto letter released by his office Tuesday night.

 

A very opinionated column by Nate Monroe of the Florida Times-Union. Like him or dislike him, he tends not to pull punches. He's got a lot to say about Florida's new laws.

jacksonville.com/story/news/columns/nate-monroe/2024/07/03/new-laws-make-desantis-simmering-florida-meaner-and-more-dangerous-commentary/74287602007/

 

didn't realize he cut $30M in school funding for the arts in the name of attacking all things woke. such a small petty man

wonder why Jorge doesn't call him out for having the lowest average teaching salaries in the country though.

Miami Billionaire Slams Ron DeSantis, "A Horrible Message To Send" (msn.com)

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently blocked more than $30 million of state arts funding earmarked to support music, theater and other culture initiatives in the Sunshine State, it was pitched as an effort to protect taxpayer dollars from rogue spending on largely liberal luxuries. But beyond his conservative base, DeSantis attracted more blowback than perhaps he expected for using his pen to try to alter the character of his state.

The Miami-based billionaire art collector Jorge Perez, for instance, characterized the DeSantis move as “just a horrible message to send” about Florida, and Miami in particular. "We want to be a serious city, and serious means that we have great education and we have great exposure to culture," Perez told Bloomberg.
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Critics like Perez warn DeSantis that if Florida hopes to continue to attract businesses in tech, finance and other lucrative burgeoning industries, the state must understand that their employees will want to see concerts and plays and visit museums — all the types of organizations that traditionally have been recipients of state funding.
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The warning from Florida’s visionaries is that the state’s brand can’t be merely, as DeSantis boasts, a place where “woke goes to die.” Florida is a vibrant, artsy, multicultural mecca in the sunshine — a place where businesses increasingly want to be — and that is at odds with the Governor’s plans to strip support from organizations that put on plays, organize fringe festivals and operas, and support arts and science education for Florida’s youth. "We were a society of fun and sun, but we're no longer that - we don't want that," Perez said, implying that the arts are a large part of the fun. Not frivolous fun either, in the billionaire’s estimation, but serious fun.

 

There are going to be two versions of some textbooks, the 49 state version and the Florida Man version.

 

You KNOW you're in good shape when your educational system aligns with those in Alabama and Mississippi.

 

There are no approved textbooks for Environmental Science, not one.

 

Pink Flamingos all-in for DeSantis …

https://www.floridaoftomorrow.com/p...back-to-florida-with-spottings-from-the-flori

 

Florida Tells Students: Read 'Pride and Prejudice' for American Pride

Florida department of education recommends Jane Austen for “American Pride Month”

 

Winning …

CNBC Ranks Florida’s Economy As The Best In U.S. In 2024

 

Desi pushing to stop MJ legalization, Got a big hand from the hemp industry who agreed to contribute millions to get desi to veto a bill that would ahve regulated them. Still don't understand how that wasn't illegal

Hemp execs pledge millions to Republican Party of Florida, texts reveal - CBS Miami (cbsnews.com)

After Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would severely limit and regulate their industry, hemp executives across the state pledged $5 million in donations to the Republican Party of Florida, according to WhatsApp messages reviewed by CBS News Miami.

"We know nothing in life is free and neither was this veto," explained an introductory post on the WhatsApp message group known as Save Florida Hemp.

"We are currently seen as DeSantis's allies to defeat the recreational ballot initiative," announced the post, which was published on June 27, less than three weeks after DeSantis vetoed Senate Bill 1698. "Our lobby team made promises to rally some serious funding to stand with him on this. He chose Hemp as his champion and now we've got to deliver."

Save Florida Hemp has more than a thousand members, including major labs and hemp manufacturers as well as small shops that sell unregulated cannabis products, such as Delta 8 and Delta 9. The introductory message provides a bank routing number for the Republican Party of Florida. Several messages claim the Governor's Office was closely monitoring the account to see which individuals and businesses were donating funds.

 

DeSantis-Backed Group Launches To Defeat Cannabis Legalization In Florida, GOP Bigwigs Are All In (msn.com)

Florida's cannabis legalization initiative, known as Amendment 3, would legalize the possession of marijuana for adults. To become law, the amendment needs at least 60% support from voters — a figure that seems to be within reach despite vehement opposition from Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Republican party. The amendment will be decided in the November 2024 elections.

A newly formed DeSantis-backed coalition has now stepped into the fray with plans to defeat the initiative, which has the support of two-thirds of Florida voters, including a majority of Republicans.

That said, Vote No on 3 “has the full support of the Governor and plans to run a vigorous and full-throated campaign to warn Floridians about this deceptive amendment seeking to make Florida the California of the east — a notion anathema to most Floridians,” wrote representatives of the group in a Friday press release, reported Florida Politics.

 

between amendment 3 and Roe v Wade, the dems should turn Florida blue. Sadly, they seem to lack the willpower to form a functional organization and nominate solid opponents in favor of cronysim and pandering to the far left. Why? I miss the bob Graham days

 

it isn't just Florida where the dems are sometimes their own worst enemy. Loo at where we are today on a national stage, struggling to beat a candidate as bad as djt and settling for what they have to take rather than vet the best, tested, candidate..