Do you really think you will get Florida to put abortion on the ballot as a referendum? I doubt that very seriously. You might get the weed. That’s a big possibility even for the panhandle |
Why do you think we wouldn't get it? In recent years, we've banned greyhound racing and increased the minimum wage through ballot referendums. I'd say there's at least the same appetite for reinstating abortion rights as there was for banning greyhound racing. It's not a slam dunk. We need many hundreds of thousands of signatures to get it on the ballot. But we have over a year to make that happen. |
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Orlando is also a surprisingly nice and livable city. Not the area right around Disney - that is a traffic/strip mall hellhole - but outside of there. Great food, too. Huge variety, because it's such an international community. |
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Hardly universal. Here are three letters to the editor of the LA Times that show that not everyone thinks or feels the same way: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-03-20/moved-to-florida-came-back-to-california-what-a-relief |
If they came from SoCal and have kids, the real estate is Orlando gives you a lot more bang for your buck. |
Abortion has been on the ballot several times already. The right to privacy amendment was added in the 80s, and several attempts have been made to exclude abortion from that right. Every time, it was voted down. |
+1 A lot of people who leave CA do so because of col, especially home prices |
I wish you much success, but the way Florida legislatures are bowing to DeSantis on every level, I think they might try to change the law in regards to referendums to prevent the people from voting. I will be rooting from afar to let the people of Florida to at least have the right to vote on the issue. |
| WDW has had a gay day for decades. I attended it in the 90s. |
Disneyland in California just had an official pride day for the first time. Attended by the Governor and Bob Iger. And they probably discussed bringing more Disney jobs back to California and expanding Disney’s footprint in the state. Florida’s loss. TFB. |
| I wonder if Disney still has that 10,000 acres out in Haymarket. They need to hedge their bets. |
Not surprising to me, but then I have never thought of Orlando as meaning the area around the parks. Downtown Orlando and the surrounding neighborhoods especially Winter Park, Lake Nona, Thornton Park, College Park, Mills 50, Windermere, SoDo, Dr. Phillips, are among the coolest areas in Orlando and there are more not so close to downtown. Some of us choose to stay as far away from the parks as we can in order to totally enjoy Orlando and avoid the chaotic touristy scene. |