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Doesn't the northeast s-ck. Especially New York, where Conservative party will probably endorse gun grabbing, big spending, regulation passing RINO George Pataki. If you live in New York, you might as well vote Communist. Here in Florida, we have a REAL Republican party. Hey Lab, how do you like those high taxes and fascistic gun laws?

Thanks for the reminders. Unfortunately, I just had lunch.

BTW, I never have been a Pataki fan, either now or when he first ran for governor. But his election supports the point that I was trying to make: If the Conservative Party in New York had been able to hijack the Republican Party as it tries to do on a national level, then Pataki never would have received the Republican nomination and Mario Cuhomo would probably still be governor.

Taxes? Because of Pataki, I'm only paying 8.75% state income tax, 7.25% sales tax, and a real property tax that now approaches $7000 a year. (I think I'm going to lose my lunch again.)

Despite whay you might think, the gun laws here are not all that restrictive once you move away from New York City. A handgun carry permit is still difficult to obtain, but by no means impossible under the appropriate circumstances.

The NYS Conservative Party exists solely as a means of securing patronage jobs for its faithful. That and engaging in wicked internecine pissing contests.

Their continued ridiculous antics led me to register "no affiliation".

In Florida we have 1. No state income tax. 2. Moderate property taxes a state sales tax that peaks at 6.5% in Dade County. We also do not have a car tax. We don't need "letters of recommendation" to own a handgun license, as there is NO gun registration. Our concealed carry permits are on a shall issue basis, so that the transplanted Communists from New York who dominate politics in Broward and Palm Beach can't say no when you apply (Florida CCPs also have reciprocity with 18 other states).

Another great thing about Florida is the fact that the Republican Party is conservative, the Democratic party is liberal and moderates have NO POWER in either.

Nevertheless, it is awfully humid down here, the bread is HORRIBLE and it can get quite boring. I miss NYC for everything except the politics, the regulation and the taxes.