Ron DeSantis: “Why would you make a truck driver or a waitress or a construction worker pay off the debt for somebody that did a PhD…”

“So, somebody, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have spent money by bringing the guard or doing this. You didn’t need them.’ Well, you don’t know that.”

I think people did take precautions, and I think the local officials did a really good job of helping spread the word.

Fortunately, they weren’t needed for a lot of rescue missions, ’cause that demand wasn’t there, but they’ve already cleared 1,700 miles of roadway.

Property tax revenue collected by local governments has nearly doubled in the past seven years and is expected to reach an astounding $83 billion by 2032.