WTF Florida

@Jubal Early Times
Actually Florida really wasn’t a tourist state....except for Dade and Monroe counties until the early to mid seventies when the 4 fingered rat showed up
And developers started pouring condos on cornfield ever since....Used to be Very truck friendly
Course I’m old and living in the past

 

Central Florida maybe, but Miami and Tampa was founded by rich Jews from New York. Richmond Hill Georgia was founded by Henry Ford and a stopover for all the model T’s headed south from New York to Miami.

 

Fill me in, who or what is ‘the four fingered rat’?

 

Mickey Mouse and his 'criminal mafia' - aka The House of Mouse.

There were plenty of attempts to make Florida a tourist destination starting in the 1920's, but Disney moving in jump started Florida into being a 'destination'.

 

10-4 thank you.

 

Henry Flagler was Florida’s first visionary and predates everyone else.

Governor DeSantis has done more for Florida than any prior governor. I’m not sure why the hate for such a minimal expenditure. Do you realize how much commercial benefit a Buc-ee’s will add to that area? Do you realize what DeSantis has done for Florida? Do you realize why nearly 1K people move into that state, everyday? navypoppop who?

 

Not to get political, but it's the hypocrisy of "limited government unless it gives me a political advantage". I have spent zero time researching this particular issue beyond what's been presented in this thread, but what other companies would get the same consideration - both in terms of tax dollars invested in creating a viable location and the press visibility created by using the governors office to make the announcement? Would Kwik Trip get the same consideration if they wanted to expand into the state?

It may be that because I was born in Chicago and came of age in DuPage County that I have a cynical view of government involvement in commerce, but in my experience anytime government gets involved in commerce the tax payer rarely gets a positive return on investment and kickbacks are prevalent.

 

I wasn’t getting too deep, either. I was simply looking at added jobs, tax revenue, another tourist trap, cleans up the appearance, and needed updates to the traffic infrastructure, in that area.

I’m downstate, outside SPI. The same crap goes on, down here. Always money for projects that never benefit the taxpayers, but, always benefit the connected.

 

Currently that exit is a traffic hazard. I don't know why, but it seems to be a really popular place for getting off. Buckees or no, something needed to be done.