Florida is now one of 10 states that has a law limiting or outlawing balloon releases, according to Balloons Blow, a nonprofit organization that advocates against balloon releases.
Balloon releases are popular during memorial services or celebrations of life as a way to commemorate someone who was killed.
Some stores, like Walmart, carry biodegradable balloons for this reason, but Florida’s law wouldn’t allow those kinds of balloons, either. In fact, there are no balloons that meet the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission’s biodegradability requirements, according to a staff analysis.
-PJ
Keep in mind that the wetlands in Florida are considered about as politically sacred grounds as people in Dim states consider abortion “clinics”.
They join CA, CT, ME, HI, RI, MD, VA, DE and TN.
I noticed it too.
Be calm!
“Gov. DeSantis signs Florida ban on balloon releases”
Great, so now we have to handcuff ourselves to our helium balloons, I guess?
Might as well ban plastic straws, eh DeathSantis?
Don’t give me this pollution crap either. Balloons are trivial compared to the mountains of trash India produces on any given day.
What am I missing...it looks like the FL statute on balloon releases goes back to 2012 at least...maybe further:
https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/379.233
https://m.flsenate.gov/Statutes/379.233
Florida is a generally nice state with good policies, but this is a bit over the top, IMHO. Of course, being from Texas, I am accustomed to all kinds of things being flung into the air: fireworks (even when it’s bone-dry and every county forbids the practice), model rockets (ditto regarding dry times), bullets, literal rockets with payloads of dozens of tons, small cars flung by trebuchets, muffled choppers flying at night with half a dozen guys shooting pigs with suppressed, night vision rifles (or mini-guns firing quite a number of incendiary tracers, depending on how much they want to spend), etc. No limits except one’s imagination.