DeSantis again backs developers over what's good for Florida

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DeSantis again backs developers over what’s good for Florida
He brags about being a conservationist but never sides with citizens fighting to preserve their slice of paradise


https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/06/01/desantis-again-backs-developers-over-whats-good-for-florida/




Craig Pittman
June 1, 2023 7:03 am

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He launched his presidential run with an assist from Elon “Check Out My Big Brain” Musk. But all the technical glitches on Musk’s micro-news site made the hashtag #DeSaster trend on Twitter for days afterward. Even his pals on Fox News made fun of him. The Onion joked that he’d relaunch his campaign from inside a burning Tesla.

Then he went on Fox News for an interview in which he dismissed concerns about climate change as “the politicization of weather.” That led a British paper to treat him as if he were some kind of tin-foil hatted wacko.

Folks, I am here to tell you: Our governor NEVER wears tin foil as a hat. That’s because he doesn’t wear hats — unlike a certain bald-headed senator.

The man who would be Fuhr — errrr, I mean president — ditched a plan for a public event in his hometown of Dunedin, apparently fearing actual Floridians might show up half-naked, waving machetes, and throwing alligators. Instead, he opted to meet privately with campaign donors in Miami, where 200 angry protesters showed up to picket outside..........................................


He kowtows to the developers because, as notorious bank robber Willie Sutton once said of banks, “That’s where the money is.” Sure enough, they have repeatedly paid him back with hefty campaign contributions..................................

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1. GOP politicians kowtowing to developers underlies most FL politics.

It's why corporate charter schools are a growth industry here. Grifters paradise, with FL-based scams a major export.