Sexy students don't need to know no stinkin' economics, they go straight from Mommy and Daddy's dime to the government's dime.
The young girls with the "sexy students" signs were among the about three dozen supporters of high speed rally that gathered in downtown Tampa today. You would never know it from reading the rally coverage at
TBO.com but those of us who stand with Gov. Rick Scott in opposition to high speed rail outnumbered the pro rail forces about four to one.
For those of you who are unaware of the controversy here, the voters have repeated voted against funding high speed rail in Florida. Gov. Scott, acting on the will of the people and with the state's long term fiscal health in mind,
turned down 2.4 billion federal dollars for high speed rail in Florida. Sen. Bill Nelson (D FL) and
Rep. Kathy Castor (D FL11), two people who have never given a rat's ass about the will of the people let alone the fiscal health of this state and nation, are trying to do an end run around our governor and force the people of Florida to accept the federal dollars. Both Castor and Nelson are heavily beholden to the unions and the jobs that proponents of rail keep touting would be taxpayer funded union jobs not private sector jobs.
What we are experiencing in Florida is not unlike what is happening in Wisconsin, only on a smaller (for now) scale. Special interest groups are trying to dictate policy-taxpayers and our future be damned. Gov. Scott has been the subject of vicious attacks since he took a principled stand against the waste of taxpayer money. Please stand with Gov. Rick Scott and
send him a word of support.
I would like to send a special thank you to the deputy in this picture. Several proponents of rail tried to tell us that we were not allowed to protest on "their" side of the street. When one of them approached this deputy and asked him to make us move he explained to her that we were well within our rights. Yes, we were loud and yes, we were passionate but at no point were we out of bounds. The Left needs to understand that the days of the "quiet conservative" are long gone. We will defend our rights in the voting booth and we will defend them in the street. It is a brand new day. My advice to Lefties-get used to it.
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