Sunshine State Page #6

The Florida gator.

The coloured man, the white man,

the Spanish.

They all started out from scratch.

If you couldn't survive the course,

it was tough titty.

Nowadays, what they got?

It ain't natural.

They got us so zoned.

Regulated.

Politically corrected and

environmentally sensitised...

...to the point where it's only

multi-internationals with 12 lawyers...

...waiting like buzzards

for something to litigate...

...that can afford to put one brick

on top of another.

The little guy, no matter how much

grit or imagination he brings to it...

...ain't got a chance. They got him

tied down so he can't hardly breathe.

You smoke a damn cigarette, they

make you feel like a baby-strangler.

Where's it all gonna end?

I don't want to know.

But if they expect my cooperation,

they're just sh*t out of luck.

The reason I hang on to this old bag of

bones is to spite the sons of b*tches.

They made me put into Social Security

for 50 years.

I ain't giving up the ghost till I spend

every damn penny of it.

-Which one are you?

-Gwendolyn.

-You think I'm full of crap, don't you?

-It's time for your insulin, Mr. Temple.

There's an opening here

that could close up quick.

-My father is the owner.

-I understand he's currently indisposed.

He's legally blind, if that's what you mean.

The black folks on Lincoln Beach have

contacted the Historical Register.

That's their business.

Draw that kind of attention,

environmentalists come in on their heels.

They're pesky little buggers.

Then you won't be able to sell

your property for what it's worth.

-What's it worth?

-Not much at the moment.

And since the resort condos have come in,

your taxes have jumped 30%.

-Small businesses are being squeezed.

-Tell me about it.

We realize this is a big decision,

one of the oldest businesses left...

-...going back generations.

-You're not from the Plantation?

-Some men were here.

-Did they make an offer?

-Sniffing around, I guess.

-They're relentless.

And you're not?

The Exley Plantation is only for the

elite. What we have in mind is more...

-...democratic. Something for everybody.

-Stores, burger chains, T-shirts?

-Retail outlets would be part of it--

-123 empty?

-Should be. Your husband called.

-I don't need to talk to him.

You want to develop here, you need

the County Commission in your pocket.

We can work something out.

Testing, one, two, three.

This is a mike check. One, two, three.

Good afternoon, and welcome

to Delrona Beach's...

...annual Buccaneer Days.

Earl. Earl!

-Steve. I'll be right with you.

-I got those signatures.

Just give me a minute.

In the afternoon,

when school was out...

...and the last one had left

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