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sop

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1. $245M wasted so Noem and DeSantis could have their photo op.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 08:45 PM

Aug 27

"By late July, state officials had already signed more than $245 million in contracts for building and operating the facility at a lightly used, single-runway training airport in the middle of the rugged and remote Everglades. The center officially opened July 1."

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$245M wasted so Noem and DeSantis could have their photo op. sop Aug 27 #1