A Great Day In Tallahassee

Congratulations to the Florida State university football team! I assume that everyone who reads this blog is some how associated with the great state of Florida and if that is the case then you are already aware that FSU broke its losing streak to the University of Miami last night! The team played very hard and did a great job, and I am excited about the rest of this season! Quote Coach Bobby Bowden: "We finally stole one from them after they've been stealing from us. ... This win will really help us. " Link

For the local LCYDs, don't forget that our regularly scheduled meeting (1st and 3rd Monday of every month at the FDP HQ) was postponed until tonight at 7PM.

Lastly, in Sunday's Tallahassee Democrat there was an editorial that summed up my frustration with our government and the way it has been handling itself over the last few years. Gerald Ensley's frustration continues to grow and the situation in New Orleans is not helping. Here is a quick quote, but I encourage you to click the Link and read the short opinion piece:

"Our government seems to grow more impotent by the year - and we've encouraged it.

For more than a decade, there has been constant applause for downsizing government. The Republican Party has made replacing government services with private initiatives its raison d'tre. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush once crowed he longed for the day when we have no government agencies.

That attitude has eroded public services, hamstrung regulatory safeguards, undercut public projects and discouraged many of the best and brightest from government service. We've made government a dirty word.

That's wrong."