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Legislators spread the money around
During this year’s legislative session only three projects for Duval County landed on the Turkey Watch list prepared annually by Florida TaxWatch but the total cost of them was substantial. The biggest one, however, did not survive the process unscathed. “Turkeys” in Florida are the equivalent of pork-barrel spending in other legislative arenas. The euphemism…
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Are there strange “things” in the sky overhead?
Let me begin with Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), who was idly cloud-gazing yesterday, minding his own business, when he felt compelled to tweet this curious observation: Clouds sure take some funny shapes! These days. I’m old enough to remember back when they were shaped like elephants, sharks, dinosaurs, and roses. Good times. Moving next to…