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Related: About this forumRon DeSantis won't even talk to Pete Buttigieg about Florida's transportation projects
...Ive never heard from this governor, and its not because Ive never called him, Buttigieg told TIME. Weve never spoken. What I will say is weve done a lot of good work with the Florida Department of Transportation.
We try to work around and through all that to just get stuff done, he continued. A huge amount of energy and effort is being wasted in these dumb fights. And thats really unfortunate. Its policy waste in order to achieve political benefit or perceived political benefit.
Hes more worried about Bud Light or Disney or whatever, Buttigieg added, referring to DeSantiss obsession with culture war issues and his acrimonious war with Disney because the corporation issued a statement opposing his Dont Say Gay bill.
One of the issues that they should be talking about is the Brightline project, a rail line that would connect Miami and Tampa with a station in Orlando, near Disney World. Last year Disney rejected a train station at Disney Springs on Disneys property and said it would no longer donate the land for the train station. The project could benefit from federal transportation dollars as it has been diverted to go to the Orange County Convention Center, TIME explained.
We try to work around and through all that to just get stuff done, he continued. A huge amount of energy and effort is being wasted in these dumb fights. And thats really unfortunate. Its policy waste in order to achieve political benefit or perceived political benefit.
Hes more worried about Bud Light or Disney or whatever, Buttigieg added, referring to DeSantiss obsession with culture war issues and his acrimonious war with Disney because the corporation issued a statement opposing his Dont Say Gay bill.
One of the issues that they should be talking about is the Brightline project, a rail line that would connect Miami and Tampa with a station in Orlando, near Disney World. Last year Disney rejected a train station at Disney Springs on Disneys property and said it would no longer donate the land for the train station. The project could benefit from federal transportation dollars as it has been diverted to go to the Orange County Convention Center, TIME explained.
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Ron DeSantis won't even talk to Pete Buttigieg about Florida's transportation projects (Original Post)
icymist
Jun 2023
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The Unmitigated Gall
(4,547 posts)1. A snowflake AND a shit-hole.
Baitball Blogger
(48,178 posts)2. I don't think De Santis understands the
Business requirements of governing. He just understands politics, and not that well either because he only moves to satisfy his supporters at the expense of everyone else.
yankee87
(2,345 posts)3. Cooties
Maybe DeathSantis he'll get cooties. He doesn't want to be even scene with an LGBTQ person or the MAGAts will get mad.