Four stars to Mattie for that "bone spurs" observation.

My unsolicited advice to the rumpled mayor: get that ------ road built, pronto.

The muck in the barnyard deepens.

I don't know what low-wattage McCarthy's operating with, but this is a dandy example of an opportunist working diligently to attain a goal (his current position) and then thrashing about helplessly as it all turns to ashes. It's a bitter taste, but one with which McCarthy is going to become intimately familiar in the days ahead. By the time it's over, McCarthy will be mumbling, "Yeah, sure it tastes like ----. It's a ---- sandwich, for Christ's sake. But, hey, you can get used to it. Wanna bite?"

...and yet, weirdly, there are homes priced at 750K+ being built, en masse, near Key Largo-Islamorada, evidently with the Miami weekender market in mind.