* “When there’s an oil spill off of Louisiana, that oil is still going to end up on Florida beaches.”–Valerie Cleveland, spokesperson for the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the literal ripple effects of inadequate enforcement of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
* State-funded political errand. The taxpayer-funded cost of Gov. Ron DeSantis sending Florida law enforcement officers and equipment to the Texas southern border for seven weeks is $1.6 million—and counting. Yet another example of the price exacted to maintain a national profile until 2024.