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Rhiannon12866

(242,021 posts)
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 10:20 PM Friday

"Alligator Alcatraz" could cost Florida taxpayers millions more to shut down, report says - CBS News Miami



A new Associated Press report shows Florida has already spent $218 million on the controversial Everglades detention site, and it could cost another $15–20 million to dismantle it following a federal judge’s shutdown order. - Aired on 08/29/2025.
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"Alligator Alcatraz" could cost Florida taxpayers millions more to shut down, report says - CBS News Miami (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Friday OP
That sort of waste/fraud/abuse is exactly what they voted for; maybe they could RockRaven Friday #1
More and more, this debacle is looking like a money laundering operation Attilatheblond Friday #2
Even though the people I know who are still there are all left-o, I have to see this as a good thing Warpy Friday #3
Well, as long as it only costs Floridians money dhol82 Friday #4
DeSantis and Trump are so inept they can't even run a concentration camp DBoon Saturday #5

RockRaven

(17,805 posts)
1. That sort of waste/fraud/abuse is exactly what they voted for; maybe they could
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 10:35 PM
Friday

stop doing that.

A controversial suggestion, I suppose...

Attilatheblond

(7,112 posts)
2. More and more, this debacle is looking like a money laundering operation
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 10:45 PM
Friday

Which big donors are getting the pay off when all the related corporate entities are traced back?

Warpy

(113,877 posts)
3. Even though the people I know who are still there are all left-o, I have to see this as a good thing
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 10:51 PM
Friday

but only if the supine, good puppy press finally gets off its dead ass and does its job down there to let people know they've been had, that this hideous overreach of Stephen Miller and Ron de Satan not only shamed this country, it really shamed the state of F:L and was never anything more than a publicity stunt with migrant workers used as props.

We used to be so much better than this.

dhol82

(9,601 posts)
4. Well, as long as it only costs Floridians money
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 10:53 PM
Friday

I’m good with it.
If it was US taxpayers , I’d be a bit more pissed.

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