Saturday, December 01, 2007

Florida Exceptionalism

Sadly, being a Floridian doesn't make you immune from the consequences of bad investment decisions.

TALLAHASSEE -- School officials angrily said Friday that they expect Gov. Charlie Crist and others to prevent losses due to sour state investments related to the national mortgage crisis.

"I believe that someone with some authority needs to stand up and say, 'This is Florida, not some Third World country. We'll get through this problem,'" said Bill Montford, the CEO of Florida Association of District School Superintendents.


I'm beginning to suspect that Big Shitpile spent much of 2006-2007 selling their magic beans to gullible and/or corrupt local officials. Unlike Jack's beans, however, they didn't grow.