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pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:03 PM Feb 2018

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg calls for spring-break BOYCOTT of FLORIDA,

unless their legislature passes new gun control legislation.

Good idea, David!

If there's one thing the GOP listens to, it's the sound off money.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-david-hogg-spring-break-20180224-story.html

One of the Parkland school shooting survivors is calling on tourists to boycott the State of Florida for spring break as a way to get legislators’ attention focused on gun control.

“Let's make a deal DO NOT come to Florida for spring break unless gun legislation is passed,” David Hogg, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who is a leader in the #neveragain movement, posted on Twitter on Saturday.

Hogg said he hoped his tweet would make state politicians listen if the “billion-dollar tourism industry in Florida” makes gun control measures a priority.

“If the legislators aren’t going to listen to us, like they didn’t listen to us in Tallahassee the other day, maybe they’ll listen to the tourism industry,” Hogg told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in a phone interview.

SNIP

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Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg calls for spring-break BOYCOTT of FLORIDA, (Original Post) pnwmom Feb 2018 OP
Done. ffr Feb 2018 #1
I wonder what MichMary Feb 2018 #2
Then those local businesses should be putting pressure on their legislature to pass the legislation. pnwmom Feb 2018 #4
Grab them by the wallet Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #3

MichMary

(1,714 posts)
2. I wonder what
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:08 PM
Feb 2018

local restaurant owners think of that idea. Personally, putting local businesses into bankruptcy doesn't seem to me to be a very good way to win people over to your side.

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
4. Then those local businesses should be putting pressure on their legislature to pass the legislation.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 07:26 PM
Feb 2018
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