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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - August 11th

Most states that lean conservative have these weird plans to cut taxes!  Florida is no exception, with lots of moves designed to "help the average individual" - though we all know that these types of things disproportionately benefit the wealthy among us.  And I recently read about yet another push to eliminate property taxes in my fair state (more on that below).  Because #FreeDumb The obvious problem is that counties and cities have less in the way of capital that they can spend on infrastructure, services (including emergency type things), and even schools. ...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - August 4th

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If you aren't aware, the state of Florida has a passenger train service that runs between South Florida and Orlando called Brightline.  This is the only privately run passenger service in the nation (or at least that's what I've heard).   The issue at hand is that they are claiming that they are losing money .... and may declare bankruptcy.  But I wanted to dig into that a little.  Let's start with a short (and pretty superficial) history lesson.  The company running the service is a direct descendant of Henry Flagler's Railroad (if you don't recall that story,...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - July 28th

The Tour de France wrapped up this weekend, and while there are always fun takeaway moments, the bigger story was the heat, even in the mountains! Temperatures got as high as 110F in the low lying lands, and in the upper 80sF in the mountainous regions.   People (not in the race) died as a result of the heat.  And there were forest fires that raged in areas, which meant that they had to alter the route of the final day as a result of those fires.  ...
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