And you thought I was just whining about our streets.

why TF does FL need to import palm trees?

back in the 2010-ish recession, when all the gov't agencies were bawling about lack of funds, I saw a crew scraping old perfectly good grass from the medians and then relaying with brand new sod. Really? That's a funny way to show important projects going without funding.
Probably because some politicians brother owned a landscape company.