[laureldrive]

a beter link:

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/22/State/Bush_letter_to_proper.shtml

[G.Mason]

"They're not knuckle- dragging, off-the-wall, Genghis Khan-type conservatives."

No, but I am.

[FreeTally]

....on behalf of limited government, private property rights, education reform and free enterprise," Bush wrote. "Keep up the good work."

In related, not-forgotten news, Jeb Bush pushed for the legislature to pass a law barring HOA's from enacting rules prohibitng the flying of the American flag, thus making the people of Florida wonder what he means by "private property rights".

[daviddennis]

I labored under the obvious error that Governor Bush had free speech rights, just like the rest of us.

Does anyone know the truth behind the Manatee business? I saw a few in Sea World, and I thought it was a bizarre accident of evolution that the species was able to survive, powerboat accidents or no.

It seemed unfair to me that so much of the ICW is subject to draconian speed limits in the name of tha Manatee. Of course if those limits are really to protect coastal property, I have no problem with them, but it seems like a lot for one species that I never even saw in hours of boating.

D