Orlando-based storyteller, event host and lover of the red-hot variety.
Orlando, FL
Joined March 2014
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A federal judge has ruled trans care bans unconstitutional in a landmark ruling in Arkansas.
He spelled out 311 facts - a thorough refutation of every point ever made against trans care.
I delve into the best ones here.
Subscribe to support my work.
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Quick hits:
DeSantis offers no apologies for fake ad.
The odd reactions to Maxwell Frost’s F-bomb.
Voucher school reverses course on tuition hike.
And a reminder that all the angry, divisive news Florida routinely makes these days is not normal.
orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/…
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Gender Affirming Care Ban alongside expansion of Don’t Say Gay/Trans very likely to be signed into law today. See below press conference announcement from Governor’s Office.
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Welcome to Florida: where a teacher is investigated for showing a Disney movie that happens to have a gay character in it. Meanwhile actual problems like rising cost of property insurance and rent continue to worsen.
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So what if some Florida retirees end up eating cat food?
At least the governor owned the libs.
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🚨INVESTIGATION: Ron DeSantis oversaw funneling $1 billion of workers’ savings to Wall Street firms whose execs poured cash into a GOP group boosting his campaign, despite a pay-to-play rule.
The shift hurt pensioners’ returns while enriching the donors. levernews.com/desantis-allow…
Yes, I want Orlando to have a baseball team, but I'd rather spend the money on housing.
Should Orange County spend $975 million on a stadium for a Major League Baseball team?
@BianchiWrites and I have very different takes on that.
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"Care effectively banned." That's not a goal a doctor should ever have.
Bombshell from court documents...
Florida's AHCA and Surgeon General manipulated research to ban gender affirming care.
They tapped a conversion therapy advocate to do it.
An internal chart shows an end goal of "ban care"
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"I'm not involved in politics."
Asked if the @GovRonDeSantis -@WaltDisneyWorld feud has gone too far, Senate President @Kathleen4SWFL said, "That's a political statement. I'm not involved in politics. I just want to do good policy."
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If the Academy actually paid attention to who gave the best supporting performance in any given year, Billy Zane got an Oscar at the 1995 awards.
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"There is no definition of moral or ethical in the bill. Who determines what constitutes a sincerely held moral or ethical belief, and more importantly, why should access to health care be denied based on such vague, imprecise, and subjective terms?"
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Ian If (he/him/his) retweeted
RIP the Orlando Bear, a fate still better than the Margate Deer in NJ who wandered into Atlantic City and was immediately shot by police
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Orlando’s gap is even wider when looking at moderately cost-burdened renters, those who spend between 30% and 50% on housing. Metro Orlando has 25.58 of those renters for every voucher, compared with Austin’s 19.7.
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Hundreds of teachers and parents in Florida voucher schools have filed complaints with the state about what they’ve witnessed.
We think taxpayers & parents deserve see this info.
What was reported and how the state responded.
It's all public record.
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Can that be a title? Like knight. Because Tim Meadows deserves that title. It should be mandatory in press coverage. "Tim Meadows, NGT..."
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For developments with at least 40% affordable units for households making <120% AMI, and remain that way for at least 30 years, and are located in commercial, industrial or mixed-use zoning districts, public hearings would be barred. The AMI in Orange County is $80,100.
Orlando commissioners worry Live Local Act won’t lead to housing at lower income levels trib.al/eQtdKHr
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Oh, wow. And here I thought this was all solid, data-driven policy based on mountains of community research and interaction. It'd be weird if we're destroying the reputations of our universities for political theater.
Only 7 people complained about #Florida university classes under @GovRonDeSantis' "Stop WOKE Act," & those complaints were ruled unfounded. Yet now DeSastrous is pushing expanded state control over universities & curriculum. miamiherald.com/news/local/e… via @Blaskey_S
