Grrrr. Ever wonder why Florida is getting laughed at for all of its frivolous lawsuits and probes that are costing taxpayers millions to suit political ends? Or the reason the state rejected Medicaid expansion dollars that would have helped nearly 1 million Floridians get health insurance? Or how we can possibly be on the verge of hunting fucking bears (and even killing endangered Florida panthers because they’re getting in the way of developers)? Welcome to Rick Scott’s Florida. Charlie Crist once assured us he’d make use of his veto pen if elected, and his appointees to agencies like the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission would have been more, um, thoughtful and less inclined toward trophy hunting. Why the fuck didn’t you vote?? Which brings us to…
This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2015.