State Sets Record for Tourism Four Years in a Row
“This is a great day, 97.3 million tourists. I’ll look forward to passing one hundred million tourists,” said Governor Rick Scott.
Governor Rick Scott announced Monday this is the fourth consecutive record year for tourism in Florida.
“When you think about that, every 85 tourists is a job. But when tourists come down here, not only do they say we have great weather, we have a low crime rate, they want to buy a house, they want to move their businesses
down here. It’s still driving our economy,” said Governor Scott.
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Florida Bill Would Help Stop Federal License Plate Tracking Program
A wide-ranging privacy bill introduced in the Florida House would prohibit the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) without a warrant in most cases, and further ban retention of any legally-collected data, effectively blocking a federal program tracking millions of cars partly by tapping into ALPRs on a state-level.
Rep. Ray Rodrigues (R-Ft. Myers) introduced H0571 on Feb. 3. The legislation addresses several privacy issues, including the use of automatic license plate readers. These ALPR systems store photographs, the license plate numbers, and the date, time, and location of vehicles. A single scanner can capture hundreds of license plate numbers in a matter of hours.
In Florida there are four types of people:
The “locals” that are part of the “good ole boy network”
The “Yankees”, those come down from up north to Florida, drop a wad of cash and go back up north… and guess who makes it possible for the “locals” not having to pay a state income tax ?
The “STUPID YANKEES”, they come down, buy some of our over priced real estate and rent it to the “YANKEES” and they can’t homestead their property because they are not a resident and they can’t vote… guess who pays the most in taxes ?
The “DAMN YANKEES”, those that come down from up north and STAYS
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