At its root, this boils down to the fact that there are two kinds of people in the world:
- Those who care about this
- Those who don't
This state has more of the latter in charge.

Visit Orlando spent $600k on a 30-second ad running on Disney+ that promotes … wait for it … Disney World.
Can't Disney use its own money to promote its own park on its own network?

Vegas' taxpayer-funded bureau pays for local services - like rail.
orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/10/tay…

I sneakily hid the examples in the column.

One of Florida's most blatant pay-for-play traditions is about to resume - where theme parks give legislators free hotel rooms, meals and park tickets, and lawmakers provide the parks with legislative favors.
Welcome to the world of legalized laundering.
orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/09/uni…

The strangest detail in this story:

Amesty wouldn't answer questions about the event - 'including whether she paid for Trump Jr.’s endorsement.'

Stellar, long-form *local* TV news journalism that's aimed at public accountability.

(Also, wth, miami-dade? No challengers at all?)

This is an interesting time in Boeing's life for the company to debut a new rocket program designed to carry people.
Let's hope someone double-checks the doors.
And the flight-control system.
And the engine cover.
orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/03/boe…

Donors give. 'Investors' expect something in return for their money. So kudos for candor.

Speaking of which, the Seminole tribe invested a lot in DeSantis - and got a sports-betting monopoly.
Curious to see whether this event/spa/golf space was paid for or donated.

There’s concern about what Florida's Black history museum will teach, given this state's attempts to whitewash history and ban topics that might make anyone feel “guilt.”
For good reason.
Sanitized or altered history isn't history at all. It's propaganda.
orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/05/flo…

Should be lovely weather this weekend.
Join me at Crane's Roost Saturday for the annual Walk for Parkinson's to support ParkinsonAssociation.

I'll be emceeing and walking in honor of my friend, Todd, and the late, great Rollins College prez, Rita Bornstein.
parkinsoncf.org/2024-walk-for-…

'Photo opportunities are available for $25,000 per person.'

Newlin said he was “deeply honored” Trump chose his house for the April 10 event.

“I have been an unwavering supporter of President Trump since the moment he descended down the escalator ...

This story - about a lawsuit alleging GOP insiders teamed up a fringy blogger to sandbag another GOP candidate - is bonkers.

(And apparently in Central Florida, when a judge orders your arrest, you can just claim you left town, and that's that.)
via Annie Martin