Climate-change deniers have it wrong<\/p>\n
In reading Scott Maxwell\u2019s Sunday column, \u201cLet\u2019s strip it all from Florida textbooks,\u201d<\/a> the part about climate-change deniers reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend when this absurd revision came out. I told him I\u2019d like to offer the climate-change deniers a free Caribbean cruise anywhere from the first of September to the end of October. He told me they wouldn\u2019t accept it. I said, of course they wouldn\u2019t, because if they get caught in a hurricane, they wouldn\u2019t be able to deny the storms are much bigger and stronger than they were 25 years ago. He said, that\u2019s not the reason. They\u2019re not afraid of the hurricanes, they\u2019re afraid if the ship sails out too far, it\u2019ll fall of the edge.<\/p>\n \u2014 Charles \u201cChip\u201d McCarthy, Palm Coast<\/p>\n Baby boomers have turned into their parents<\/p>\n I am very disappointed with my fellow baby boomers. We are the Woodstock generation that protested against the Vietnam War that Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon waged for no good reason; we marched to promote civil rights and end segregation. Doesn\u2019t that sound familiar with Iran and the anti-woke agenda?<\/p>\n Many Boomers have been core supporters of the current president and our representatives in Congress. What happened to you? It\u2019s like Dr. Rick in the Progressive commercials: You\u2019ve turned into your parents. Remember how they complained about the Beatles, long hair, loud music and hippies? I may have aged but my head and heart is still young. Boomers need to vote for a world of opportunity, like the millennials are doing now. Just like we used to when we were younger and full of hope.<\/p>\n \u2014 Scott Gabriel, Melbourne<\/p>\n Florida GOP is bankrupting us<\/p>\n The state of Florida has reportedly wasted $82 million on a multiyear renewed contract trying to get cheap drugs from Canada for state use (not public), according to a recent report on WKMG. The 2020 contract with the Texas firm Life Science Logistics is finished, they never got a single drug, have had a huge warehouse sitting empty for years and delivered nothing to taxpayers but a huge bill.<\/p>\n Suspicious and outrageous? Thank goodness we\u2019ve had Blaise Ingoglia, Florida\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, spending valuable time harassing counties with \u201cDOGE\u201d-like investigations while we have another mega-million-dollar boondoggle fiasco in our state government that flies under the radar. This questionable event involves the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA), which also allegedly had a role in Hope Florida\u2019s $10 million disappearance. The fact that this wasn\u2019t terminated is ridiculous. As a reward for their performance,\u00a0 this same Texas firm (that was single-source contracted to implement getting cheap drugs) got another huge state contract for a warehouse.<\/p>\n DeSantis has established a stellar track record spending taxpayer money recklessly and without accountability. In my view, the Republican regime is bankrupting us with nothing to show for it. This inept contract demands investigation to see why no one was paying attention to cut our losses, and wasted $82 million of our blood, sweat and tears. Taxpayers want to know.<\/p>\n \u2014 Debra Lupton, Winter Park<\/p>\n Parents, model good behavior<\/p>\n