On this week's episode of HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the comedian skewered the expensive remake of New College of Florida with the sort of flaming takedown Oliver and his team are famous for. Watch the full segment below.
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johnschussler
State politicians chose to expand a college that did not have land to expand upon. They tried to buy SRQ airport land until the FAA stopped them to protect the long term best interests of the SRQ airport. Then they tried to get the Ringling Museum land from FSU. That failed too.
Most recently the state legislature voted to close USF-SM to give their land and buildings to New College. State politicians were willing to damage the SRQ airport and the Ringling Museum to expand New College. They will destroy USF-SM to save their pet political project described in John Oliver's piece.
Predictable political overreach by one political party rule of state government. If you don't like this- support election reforms like open primary elections, proportional representation and ranked choice voting.
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chrisluvspoodles
He did a great job describing the debacle. I still fear for The Ringling, sandwiched between NC and USF/SM.
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Cat L
This was a good representation of events, and I was happy to see it. I think the one aspect they didn't show was the relationships between the developer who is the longest sitting member of the airport advisory board and the college. Beruff is among the most selfish businessmen I've witnessed, and I grew up in Sarasota, so I've had the displeasure of seeing many. They incestuously reinforce their own greed...
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