Originally posted by john9001
florida is the worst, it's always hot an buggy an sticky an we have hurricans an no water an over crowded an tourists an old people so don't no more of you people move down here cause we don't got no more room, i hear navada is really nice, yeah nevada is the place to go.
Florida Capacity Reached; Thousands Turned BackTALLAHASSEE - Governor Bush declared today that Florida had reached its population capacity and closed its borders to Alabama and Georgia, a move some see as being politically risky.
"According to the latest census data and the estimated capacity of the Florida aquifer, we have concluded that Florida has reached its capacity for sustaining human life," a government spokesman announced this morning, "if we are to continue to develop tracts of land, we will have to reduce the quality of life for those tax-paying citizens already in-state."
Crucial to the decision was the estimated consumption of water per individual, coupled with the amount of land available for development and the number of parking spaces allocated for tourism.
Political special-interest groups gathered excitedly in the lobby of the capitol. Opponents to the announced closing of Florida's borders suggested that more land could be made available by annexing the southern coast of Alabama all the way to Louisiana, ("after all, we already have most of the Redneck Riviera anyway" one spectator commented) and by dredging up the coastline south of Jacksonville all the way to Miami as part of a beach re-nourishment program. "The sandy Gulf bottom is Florida land, we just can't build on it because it is underwater," one activist was heard saying, "so really, we just want to reclaim that which is ours."
With proposals to solve the land-use problems under consideration, attention turned to the water consumption issue. Green Asian clams continue to thwart efforts at operating the salt-water desalination plant near Tampa, and there are concerns about increased salinity of the water causing increasing operating costs of the plant. "Yeah, this desal plant thing just isn't working out. That snake-oil salesman really took us for a ride on this one," one plant foreman complained.
Meanwhile, Florida National Guardsmen were called up for exercises along the Florida/Georgia border. While no specific plans have been announced, some military experts predict an imminent invasion of Valrico and Savannah in the days to come.
