You do know that if a bunch of conventions pulled out of Philadelphia or Baltimore because of — oh, let's just say, as an example — gun violence, we'd never hear the end of it, right?
But we haven't yet seen much mainstream media coverage of Florida's loss of business under the reign of Rhonda Santis. Maybe it's just cranking up. Black, Hispanic and LGBTQ+ groups have issued travel advisories, and now hard money seems to be at stake.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, an education group, has just bailed on the Hyatt Regency Miami. "While no place can be 100% safe, Florida this fall did not feel like
the best place to gather for our annual conference," the ACSP's president said. "Despite myriad assurances from the Florida hospitality industry, members
of all ACSP interest groups expressed significant concerns."
Orlando is feeling the pain, too. A "Game of Thrones" fan confab previously scheduled there in August has just canceled. So has the National Society of Black Engineers, which would have brought 15,000 attendees to the Orange County Convention Center next year. The American Education Research Association is going to Denver instead. And the ACSP? They're going to Chicago.
It's all thanks to the draconian anti-gay, anti-education, anti-civil-rights, anti-women and — let's just say it — anti-freedom policies championed by Florida's intensely unlikable Governor. Oh, and that new open-carry law isn't making people feel very sanguine, either.
So we'll wait to see when journalists figure out how much dough DeSantis is costing Florida businesses. Can we hear from you, Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Business Journal? We cats HISS.
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