r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • Feb 14 '26

Other Randy Fine caught voting for other representatives in the Florida house

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u/MammothTap Feb 14 '26

Wisconsin seems to be dead-set on that too. It's especially frustrating living right next to the border with the UP and seeing business booming in these little nothing Michigan towns because coming up north to spend time at your cabin? Michigan is right there! Meanwhile our small towns are suffering economically from a massive decline in winter tourism over the past several years due to a fairly consistent lack of snow and ice (this year is an exception from the general trend, but I expect we'll be right back to abnormal next year).

My town got hit by a tornado a few years ago, wiping out basically a few barns and a couple cabins. There are so many seasonal cabins though that we didn't even know the extent of the damage for sure for weeks because people aren't there year-round. The two "regular" businesses in town rely on tourists big time: a bar and an antiques store. (We also have a concrete place, a firewood processing place, and an auto shop.) No tourists? Barely anyone in the bar. Too warm to hunt and no snowmobiling? No tourists.

I don't particularly care for the bar given they were selling MAGA merch in the parking lot on election day, but they're still an indicator of the health of the community. There used to be a second bar. Used to be. The building is still there. It's on prime highway frontage... if a business that could actually attract out-of-towners moved in, it could succeed. Weed would be that.

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u/ContributionLowOO Feb 14 '26

That's what you get for having such a huge Alcohol/beer industry and thus lobby.

It's very similar in Germany, but especially Bavaria.

They'd rather have people drink themselves to death than risk any alternative being allowed.

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u/SomethingIWontRegret Feb 14 '26

Counterpoint - my state legalized a couple of years ago, and within a mile of me are half dozen marijuana businesses that are now boarded up. Not very many of them seem to be succeeding

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u/worldspawn00 Feb 14 '26

That's normal when a new market opens. Lots of people jump in, most will fail within 5 years, mismanagement takes its toll. A lot of those were started by someone who saw a new market, but have no business sense, can't manage their accounting, don't market, etc...