Florida, Florida, Florida

[wonko the sane?]

Agreed. It would be one of those justifications where people question it because the governor has only done it one other time since the rule was written.

But since when have tyrants ever cared for precedent. Like I said: desantis probably did not have the ability to do what he did, never mind repeatedly, but he was aided by a thoroughly corrupt state level.

 

[The Predaking]

Seems to me that role would be better served by the legislature or courts, not the executive.

While I don't like that the Governor has this ability to use on a whim, I will say that on a federal level we have seen the ineptitude of the legislature to impeach an obvious case for it.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Florida woman convicted of fatally shooting neighbour

Susan Lorincz shot Ajike "AJ" Owens as she knocked on Lorincz's front door during a dispute between the neighbours.

www.bbc.com

 

[Rhinox]

Good. Now sentence her to the rest of her life behind bars.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

See, Florida courts do get it right sometimes.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

 

[NovaSaber]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1832137456801526094

 

[Paladin]

New Florida sex education curriculum excludes almost all information about sex

A new middle school sex education curriculum in Orange County, Florida, obtained by Popular Information, eliminates previous lessons on the reproductive system, contraception, and consent.

popular.info

the particularly damning part is removal of the definition of CONSENT.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I can't vouch for how good the curriculum was before. I went to Catholic schools, so all I got was the used sneakers skit.

 

[NovaSaber]

Is that similar to the chewed gum one?

Who, other than child abusers (sexual or otherwise), doesn't want children to understand consent?

 

[Pocket]

Who, other than child abusers (sexual or otherwise), is running the show anymore?

 

[Paladin]

behold; the GOP template for trans people rolling out in Florida prisons.

Federal Court Rules In Favor of Forcibly Detransitioning Transgender Inmates In Florida

Incarcerated transgender people were a major topic of debate in the 2024 elections. Now, a judge ruling on a Florida policy shows how cruel abandoning trans people in prison can be.

www.erininthemorning.com

 

[CoffeeHorse]

It's no exaggeration. The policy really amounts to nothing less than detransitioning.

I miss when we were just the state that can't count votes.

 

[Ungnome]

Florida is going to get to the point that most people WON'T want to even travel there and once it loses its tourism revenue....

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Who knows. There is so much money laundering going on down here that we don't know where our economy actually comes from.

 

[wonko the sane?]

So florida is a canadian bank?

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

behold; the GOP template for trans people rolling out in Florida prisons.

Federal Court Rules In Favor of Forcibly Detransitioning Transgender Inmates In Florida

Incarcerated transgender people were a major topic of debate in the 2024 elections. Now, a judge ruling on a Florida policy shows how cruel abandoning trans people in prison can be.

www.erininthemorning.com

Thanks for this unfortunate news. I'll link it to the LGBQT+ News thread here.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Florida is going to get to the point that most people WON'T want to even travel there and once it loses its tourism revenue....

I'm sure for some people, that's EXACTLY what they want. It wouldn't surprise me that a "Right Wing Tourism Industry" is on the cards in the imaginations of some individuals, complete with a far-right version of Disneyland to boot.

 

[The Predaking]

New Florida sex education curriculum excludes almost all information about sex

A new middle school sex education curriculum in Orange County, Florida, obtained by Popular Information, eliminates previous lessons on the reproductive system, contraception, and consent.

popular.info

the particularly damning part is removal of the definition of CONSENT.

I actually went to High school in Florida in the 90s. Let me assure you that this can only be an improvement on what they taught then.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

It's going to be chilly in the panhandle tonight, so my governor has declared a state of emergency.

But I think that might be just an excuse.

WHEREAS, an area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America, interacting with Arctic air, will bring widespread impactful winter weather to North Florida beginning Tuesday, January 21, 2025; and

NOTE TO PRESS: EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 25-13 (Emergency Management-Gulf Winter Weather System) | Executive Office of the Governor

www.flgov.com

I think he just wanted Florida to be the first state to officially recognize the newly renamed Gulf of America.