What's happening in DeSantistan 2.0

Depends on whether "parental rights" mean the right to control the material presented to your child in a public school setting that is not supposed to be about individualized instruction (with certain exceptions), vs the "right" to control what other children are exposed to. They mainly care about the latter

 

Supreme Court said capital punishment for sex offenses was illegal. Desi says hold my beer and ignores the ruling while signing the bill. Is this just set up for the court to reverse the earlier ruling?

“Sign of dictatorship and a slippery slope to executing political opponents”: DeSantis’ death penalty law faces harsh criticism (msn.com)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that banned capital punishment in such cases. The law relies on jury votes of 8-4 rather than unanimously. This puts Florida on the map as the most extreme death penalty state, and people are unhappy about it.

In Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in 2018, Nikolas Cruz shot 14 students and three staff members. Cruz, who was 19 then, received 34 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. The case was closed in November 2022, and since then, DeSantis has been pushing for a death sentence without a unanimous jury.

 

not Surprised that Chyna Ron thinks BIG GOV is infallible.

 

Ron DePsychopath doesn't care if innocent people are put to death.

 

I didn't want to set up another thread, since this is linked to of course, Duhsantis. He is fiscally irresponsible. This, by the way, is not new.

Despite billions in surplus, Florida keeps 22,500 families with disabilities on waiting list | Commentary

One section of the opinion piece in case it is a pay link.


And not just any waitlist. Nearly half the families have been waiting for a decade to access services such as therapy, grooming and transportation. Some children die before receiving assistance.
Seminole County resident JJ Holmes is 19 years old and has been waiting since he was 3.

His mother, Alison, said Wednesday that JJ may get help in about a year and a half when he turns 21. That’s because, as long as lawmakers refuse to fully fund the program, people like JJ, who can’t walk or even feed himself, are not considered a priority until they’re an adult and potentially on their own.

Holmes said the state has basically told her that, until JJ’s 21, he can’t get help “unless he’s homeless or I die.”

Such is life for Florida’s special-needs families after the session of the century.

 

More from the article:

It wasn’t always like this in Florida. Back when Jeb Bush was governor, the state fully funded the Medicaid waiver program that provides respite care and other services to these often financially drained families.

Back then, families had sued Florida for failing to meet its obligations. Bush knew they were right. So, before the courts ruled against the state, he beefed up funding to make sure everyone was served. Doing so, of course, didn’t break the bank. In fact, Bush would later say that the full funding “elevated the lives of all Floridians.”

But the GOP lawmakers who have controlled funding in more recent years haven’t felt the same way even when there was money galore. One year, then-Gov. Rick Scott had so much extra money in his budget that he launched a statewide tour, asking people for ideas on how he should spend it all. Well, maybe a lot of the people he asked were chamber-of-commerce lobbyists. Because Scott decided to use much of that surplus on corporate tax breaks … for businesses that already enjoyed some of the lowest business-tax rates in America. The waiting list remained full.

 

The Manatee County park named after him

 

Uhh... ok.

 

IMO, things shouldn't be named after politicians until they're out of office at least - probably until they've passed on.

 

Shaped like a penis and scrotum. Very appropriate for DeSantis.

 

The most dangerous people in the US are in Tampa, but they’re scared themselves. The picture shows what a fearsome group they are.

Among the many stories circulating at the national school librarians conference this weekend, there was the one about the Right To Read rally.Guests were told the Friday evening event would be held inside the Tampa Convention Center ballroom.

“Why inside?” asked Claudia Mason, a California school library coordinator and one of 2,000 who attended the American Association of School Librarians’ gathering. “We should be on the street.” Some had heard about security concerns; others voiced fears that protesters would be arrested.

Amanda Jones of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, co-chairperson of the conference, said the issue was indeed security. “We were very worried,” she said. “I myself have had threats.”

Welcome to life as a school librarian in 2023.


Librarians, ready for a fight, land in Florida
Librarians, ready for a fight, land in Florida - Tampa Bay Times

 

Further to the above, Stephanie Hayes did a great column on the convention, and this was hilarious under suggested locally themed Halloween costumes

 

Questions about whether DeSantis is using the state plane to fly to fundraising events for his presidential campaign.

Piggybacking pattern? DeSantis flights blur line between state travel, campaign

 

rules are for others. just like the origination of the immigrants or the no bid contract, laws are not being applied to desi out of fear of retribution. but being term limited and obviously never headed to a national office, I suspect the legislature, or at least hope so, will push back more this year. desi doesn't have the covid cash to buy them all into silence this year.

 

Woke law enforcement in Miami targeting conservatives

He allegedly told an opponent’s campaign worker, ‘I’ll shoot you and nothing is going to happen to me because I used to be a police officer.’
Former police officer Frank Pichel is in legal hot water again after allegedly pulling a gun on someone working for the campaign of his political opponent.

Weaponizing the liberal legal system to violate a candidate's Second Amendment and free speech rights as well as regular conservative campaign tactics. Also attacking police perogatives!

 

It is similar in texas. You get on waiting lists that can last decades. My son has been on list for 5 years. I’d have put him on it earlier if I had known about it.