The mind of a certified genius

OK, my little droogies, I'm out.  I've moved to TN, I'm done with the Lightening State.

I came to Florida in 1994, and I bought a house in three great school districts (elementary, middle and high) for $72,000.  I was able to get a job pretty quickly, to change careers, to get more work when I needed it and to live a pretty decent life.

What happened in Central Florida is what's going wrong with America - we became over confident.

Our grandparents lived in a world where the US had to struggle for its position.  They believed that the state had a responsibility to its own people, that the Fed was a solutuion of last resort, and that personal responsibility should take care of no less than 75% of what's going on in your life.

Now we believe that we're living in a Star Trek version of our world - where the real enemies are conquered, where we can ask the omnicient computer for solutions to our problems, if we can just phrase the question cleverly enough, and where taking care of us is someone else's problem.

Nothing could be further from the truth.  Right now, we are run by some of the most corrupt politicians in our history, and our news media are blind to it.  In Central Florida it's easier to resurface a road than it is to fund a school, because there is a MOUNTAIN of graft in the construction project and almost none in the educational system. 

In Winter Springs (which is awful for its corruption) we have all new fake-brick intersections down SR434, and the city sent out a secondary bill to fund the fire department, with a threat to slap a lien on your house if you didn't pay this secondary, un-voted-for tax.

In Orlando, homes and businesses will bear the burden of of a 14% tax increase to pay for the city's swollen welfare rolls, adopted after Katrina, to keep that base of loyal Democrat voters from moving. 

And you will all enjoy tighter and tighter water restrictions no matter how much it rains, and more dramatic sink holes (and more ways for homeowners to not be covered by insurance companies) as these politicians have allowed the state to be dramatically overbuilt in centralized locations, as they seek more tax revenues and accept higher and higher pay offs from developers.

 With 800+ people per day coming into the state for over two years, most of them from CA and the Northeast, stand by for Florida to become a blue state, meaning higher taxes, a state income tax, increased crime and more people like me fleeing for a better life.

In fact, you're already well on your way.  I predict that you'll have that state income tax within the next two years - just as soon as they can put a Democrat in the governor's seat.  I saw this happen in Connecticut.  Then all of the big insurance companies left and the big manufacturers with them. 

So good-bye for the final time, Florida.  Sorry to be so gloomy, but as Americans, we don't always get the government we want, however we ALWAYS get the government we deserve.