Florida, man
Tallahassee, FL
Joined October 2011
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'Line in nature is not found;
Unit and universe are round;
In vain produced, all rays return;
Evil will bless, and ice will burn.'
- Emerson (1846)
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.@GeoffBurgan retorts: "Gil Ziffer voted against "Ban the Box" legislation ... and didn't back the Mayor's renewed push to fight the gun lobby following the shooting in Parkland. We never sought his endorsement, and would not have accepted given these strong policy differences."
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Working in Marianna on @GwenGraham for Congress 2014 was a North Florida education of a lifetime
As was living in Grand Ridge (pop. 896) #NorthFLWay
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That’s partly why the current hardcore state overreach into local gov (where voters are more engaged & aware of issues) is so wrong.
It essentially grafts the views of a small, lobbyist-dominated backwater cadre of little-known electeds onto the rules everyone has to live with.
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~12% turnout in a primary, just once, often sends a Rep to office for 8 years, and then 8 more in the Senate afterward.
Meanwhile they never really have to defend their ideas. That leads to the extreme stuff we see at the Capitol.
Voters disapprove, but can’t do much about it.
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“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” - The Usual Suspects
The greatest trick DeSantis ever pulled was convincing Floridians that local government is the problem and state government is the solution.
If your mayor, sheriff, and county commission have to fly to Tallahassee every year to ask permission to fund basic services, the state didn’t shrink government.
It just moved it farther away and gave you less control.
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Legislative elections have the lowest democratic legitimacy of any major level of gov.
Lawmakers are often elected w/o real opposition, with shockingly little awareness in their districts.
Lobbyist money plays an outsized role. Folks around the process know they run the show.
New episode with @Jason_Garcia just dropped👇
Cruise ship kickbacks, a sweetheart deal for the car-dealership lobby, and much more in the shadow of DeSantis for Prez
Listen this weekend!
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Think about your commute vs. your commute 5 years ago
Then think about how developer-driven sprawl negatively impacts walkability and good urban planning
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A proposed second I-10 interchange farther north, the Northeast Gateway/Welaunee Blvd, City Land Code variances, developer priorities all work in concert to produce the same outcome:
New McMansion sprawl development far from the actual community we live in, diluting Tallahassee
I grew up reading the Times & the Trib. Feels like an impossible luxury today that thousands of people had both delivered every day + La Gaceta and alt weekly Creative Loafing for micro local
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The fact that @FlaDems old headquarters is now “The Therapy Place” is kind of amazing
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David's polling here is incredible and deserves way more attention.
A majority of all voters, including 50% of Trump voters, are now in favor of publicly-funded job creation and healthcare to protect workers against AI-related job loss.
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Local issues win w/ Gainesville Commissioner @FlaBryan | Building a post-MAGA Florida with a local focus on Episode 40 dropping 🔜
