Posted on 08/10/2026 11:15:38 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Florida is taking its rivalry with New York straight to Times Square.
A massive new billboard in the heart of Manhattan has a message for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Thanks for the jobs!”
The Florida Chamber of Commerce named Mamdani its “Economic Developer of the Year,” saying New York’s progressive tax policies are helping push businesses, wealth and residents toward the Sunshine State.
The Chamber says the campaign is about more than a little trolling — it’s meant to make a broader case for lower taxes and free enterprise as Florida continues to attract people and businesses from high-tax states.
And they picked one of New York City’s busiest corners to make sure the message gets noticed.

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Those were conservatives from upstate, not democrats from the city.
Totally agree with you.
He was U-Haul's Salesman of the Year:
In terms of registered voters Florida has never been more Republican they outnumber Democrats by well over a million and prior to DeSantis becoming Governor, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a few hundred thousand
exactly, FL and it’s leaders are just setting themselves up for big problems. I experienced it in another place I lived and you can see it happening many places since the covid dispersement of people’s and other similar things, like Mamdani.
They are already there. Sleeper cells waiting. They have to go back to their shitholes.
Well said.
Ummmmm WRONG.
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