* Non-woke reasoning: “The fact that the Sunshine State gets a mere 11% of its electricity from solar energy, which is produced in-state and not subject to global supply disruptions, represents a colossal failure.”—David Jenkins, president of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship.
* The Alligator Alcatraz detention facility, which cost the state more than $600 million to build, has been costing the state more than $1 million a day to operate—until it inevitably closes. Florida, however, still a-w-a-i-t-s federal reimbursement. For now, it’s still “on the hook,” as Rick Scott might put it.
* So Publix has changed its open-carry firearms policy in its grocery stores. Good. The question, however, remains unconscionably begged: Why the hell was that ever allowed?
* The Florida Education Association, in conjunction with seven parents, have filed a lawsuit asking the court (Leon County) to find the state’s educational voucher and charter school systems unconstitutional. They argue the current model violates the Florida Constitution’s requirement that the state adequately provide for a “uniform, efficient, safe, secure and high quality system of free public schools.” Stay tuned.
* Since 2019, the budget in Florida has grown more than 26%.