Good morning. Did anything interesting happen yesterday? SO GLAD YOU ASKED.
After engaging a person of interest at an Ybor City McDonald's yesterday afternoon, Tampa police eventually arrested him and charged him with the four unsolved Seminole Heights murders. A Facebook group proclaiming the suspect's innocence immediately showed up on the social media network, because racial tension, but at this early juncture there appears to be plenty of evidence linking the suspect to the crimes. "Ah, well, glad that's over," said someone who is obviously an alien that just now arrived on the planet disguised as a person and hasn't yet been introduced to the wonders of the 24-hour news cycle.
A state senator from Sarasota introduced a bill that would abolish Daylight Savings Time in Florida. Sweet. It's not like thousands of already-confused elderly people from multiple time zones around the world arrive here on an hourly basis, or anything.
In other dumb proposed state legislation (not that getting rid of DST is in itself a dumb idea — doing it state by state is a dumb idea), there's apparently a bill that would "allow" a kid who is being bullied at school a voucher to transfer to another school. Do some people just automatically forget how school works when handed a diploma? "Hey Timmy, we're sorry you're being bullied, but good news, we're going to transfer you from a school in the neighborhood where you'll forever be known as the kid who couldn't take it to a school where you'll immediately be known as fresh cannon fodder for the bullies there. Enjoy therapy later if you make it!"
And finally, et tu, Matt Lauer?
This article appears in Nov 23-30, 2017.
