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Florence SnyderMarch 10, 2017

While Bald Badasses Rick Scott and Rick (“We know the terrorists are here!”) Swearingen are busy playing dress-up like Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne, Florida’s criminal justice basics are increasingly under the command of the Keystone Kops. The governor and FDLE commissioner are looking to raid state trust funds to “fight terrorism” by adding 46 […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 10, 2017

Rick Scott says he doesn’t have an opinion on whether or not he’d support a law that would allow licensed gun owners to carry guns in airport terminals. The question came to him on Tuesday, four days after 26-year-old Army Veteran Esteban Santiago, who is accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2017

An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, authorities said. He was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and […]

Tag: Estaban Santiago

Florence Snyder: Rick Swearingen plays J. Edgar Hoover while Broward burns

Rick Scott is non-committal whether he would sign a bill allowing Floridians to carry guns in airport terminals

US veteran arrested in Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting; 5 dead, 8 wounded