The State of Florida

  • Leader
    March 4, 2023 10:26 AM CST
    There are several states in the US that stand out in the way they are legislated. I found this article yesterday on the news with Florida and a proposed house bill that will affect bloggers. There is a bill in the house legislator's requiring all blogger's to register with the state that blog about the state of Florida's government's governor, and legislators. Failing to register would result in fines.

    Maybe it's just me, because I essentially "blog" on a platform whether it's under "blogs", "groups" or in a "forum", however the difference is I don't accept payment and I'm effectively a hobbyist.There's always a beginning and before you know it, all bloggers will fall under this law if it passes? First impression is have "they" read the First Amendment? Second thought is how legislators seem to be continuing to carve out the first amendment to suit their party and not the people? Aren't you as a government official susceptible to criticism from all parties? Isn't that what our constitution allows in journalism and from the people that pay our government officials through taxation?

    Direct Link to this news:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-bill-require-bloggers-write-governor-legislators-register-stat-rcna73191

  • Leader
    March 4, 2023 10:32 AM CST
    Here's how Florida could become the capital of weaponized libel suits. Another article on what's up with Florida. https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-could-become-capital-weaponized-094017059.html

  • Leader
    March 9, 2023 6:13 PM CST
    Just an update to this news, apparently, DeSantis is disavowing this legislation.

    https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/ron-desantis-disavows-floridas-blogger-registration-bill/ />

    Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis distanced himself Tuesday from a widely-criticized blogger registration bill, saying he does not support the legislation.
  • Leader
    April 18, 2023 10:40 AM CDT
    Thieves steal homes, leaving victims with a legal nightmare. There's relief on it's way.

    This is a shocking story about thieves stealing people's homes in Broward County, Florida. It's always bothered me how much information is online "freely" in the United States and access to it is so easy to steal. These poor people had no idea their home's were stolen from thieves that would get loans and find foreclosures to steal, banking on the fact that what they were doing would go unnoticed for months.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/thieves-steal-homes-leaving-victims-with-a-legal-nightmare-there-s-relief-on-the-way/ar-AA19TpDg />

    For example, “bad actors” can create fake companies, and paperwork would show people were served documents to clear a title to take over a property, but that “company” had no property interest — and the fake owner takes over. Investigators with Kiar’s office have also complained that banks who owned foreclosed homes don’t answer a thief’s lawsuit because they were never truthfully served and the judge approves a default judgment.


    This is a terrible theft of innocent people's homes. I'm glad Broward county is taken such quick action to help these people get their homes back.
  • Leader
    July 31, 2023 12:02 PM CDT
    Hansen's disease aka Leprosy has been increasing in central Florida to endemic proportions. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/leprosy-could-be-endemic-in-central-florida-cdc-says-heres-what-to-know/ar-AA1eBla0

    Leprosy— also known as Hansen's disease — is becoming endemic in the southeastern United States, rising evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

    A recently published research letter from the CDC says Central Florida accounted for 81% of cases reported in Florida and almost one-fifth of cases reported across the U.S. According to the National Hansen's Disease Program, 159 new cases were reported in the U.S. in 2020.

    "Leprosy has been historically uncommon in the United States; incidence peaked around 1983, and a drastic reduction in the annual number of documented cases occurred from the 1980s through 2000," the letter's authors wrote."However, since then, reports demonstrate a gradual increase in the incidence of leprosy in the United States. The number of reported cases has more than doubled in the southeastern states over the last decade."

    This isn't the first time we've seen Florida make headlines for leprosy cases. In 2015, experts blamed armadillos for higher than normal leprosy cases in the state.

  • August 11, 2023 11:58 PM CDT
    Well... the whole, "leprosy" epidemic in Florida is definitely concerning. Hope that it doesn't get any worse.
  • Leader
    August 12, 2023 9:41 AM CDT
    Me too! It's disturbing and I don't get "why Florida and now a case in Texas". At least if it's caught early it's curable with antibiotics.