Bricks and Bouqs

August 29, 2024
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Brick:

To Visit Florida, one of Florida’s official tourism websites has quietly removed a page for the state’s LGBTQ-friendly travel destinations. Visit Florida is a public-private partnership funded primarily through the state legislature and private organizations. DeSantis appointed its current president and CEO, Dana Young in 2019. The current board consists of 31 members and the day-to-day operations are handled by executive staff.  Young and DeSantis also get a brickbat for this obviously.

To Governor DeSantis and his administration for proposing golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels be built in our protected state parks.  Even those who support him and his political party regularly are criticizing this horrible idea of commercializing our precious parks. DeSantis gets a second brickbat for the attempt at being sneaky about all of this by keeping a lid on the proposal. Apparently, it was kept out of Florida’s tradition of open government. 

Bouq:

To visitjacksonville.com for being all-inclusive and promoting that Jacksonville is on the rise as one of the most welcoming LGBTQ-friendly Florida destinations.

To Florida residents, lawmakers and environmentalists for standing up to DeSantis and saying “NO” to commercializing our state parks.

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