Dave barry ridley pearson6/25/2023 “It’s not surprising that the Florida legislature is weird, and our governor is acting weird. Whoever kills the most or the longest, there are cash prizes,” Barry said.īut even though the “Florida man” phenomenon still makes for good newspaper stories, the state and its governor Ron Desantis have recently been the subject of national headlines about strict abortion laws, relaxed gun laws, new laws targeting LGBTQ residents and a dispute with Walt Disney Co. The state created this contest where it invites anybody who wants to come down and kill them. We have this problem with Burmese pythons running wild all over the Everglades and getting into civilization. “In the book, one of the key plot elements is called the ‘Python Challenge,’ which is a real thing in the state of Florida. He said many “weird things” happen in the Miami area where he resides, and doesn’t think a single thing that happens in his book, no matter how outlandish, couldn’t happen in real life or be the subject of a viral news story from the state. I came up with this idea of a woman trying to get out of there and the rest was just creating characters and having them get into trouble,” Barry said.īarry will appear on May 9 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center as part of the Palm Springs Speaks lecture series. “I wanted to do something with the Everglades, the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters and I needed a plot.
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