"As I'm sitting here stuck on a Brightline train because of flooding in my district, all those stormwater projects he cut look pretty stupid right now," a Florida lawmaker said.
I lived in a Republican suburb. While I hate car dependent design, that’s what we had. One particular intersection would be backed up for miles during rush hour. What did the city do? Ignore the problem until it became a “traffic emergency” so they could use federal funds to expand the intersection. To assholes the emergency designation is just another tool to get ahead in life.
I think the difference here is that floridians at local and state level want to cut funding, so they’re welcome to do that. The issue is, if that’s what you vote for and enact, don’t then turn around and ask for government money and/or turn down other states when they ask for federal money (like after Sandy).
DeSantis cuts state funding for thing then demands the federal government pay for it.
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I lived in a Republican suburb. While I hate car dependent design, that’s what we had. One particular intersection would be backed up for miles during rush hour. What did the city do? Ignore the problem until it became a “traffic emergency” so they could use federal funds to expand the intersection. To assholes the emergency designation is just another tool to get ahead in life.
Local city government cuts funding for sewer/storm drain repairs, then demands DeSantis pay for it.
I think the difference here is that floridians at local and state level want to cut funding, so they’re welcome to do that. The issue is, if that’s what you vote for and enact, don’t then turn around and ask for government money and/or turn down other states when they ask for federal money (like after Sandy).