How I Sued a Florida Politician While Dying (and Why You Should Too) I Filed Before the Game Changed This started under Knight v. Trump—when courts still believed the First Amendment applied to Twitter like it did to a town square. Then I got sick. ICU. Tubes. Exit music queued. While I hung on by a nose-hair, SCOTUS dropped Lindke …
Five Questions for the City Commission (Aka: If This Is About Safety, Show Us the Numbers)
TL;DR: The “Show Me the Numbers” Challenge Chaz Stevens is calling out the City Commission for choosing “delay” over “data.” He argues that if BSO were truly the safer option, the Sheriff wouldn’t be begging for time—he’d be providing a spreadsheet. The post demands answers on: If we’re being told that public safety demands delay, more studies, and another two …
This Isn’t a Warning. It’s a Vendor Hostage Note.
TL;DR BSO cites a 35-year partnership as a reason to stay. Chaz argues municipal contracts aren’t marriages—they are purchases that must be justified by current data, not history. This isn’t a warning.It’s a hostage note written by the vendor. Read it again.Slowly.Strip out the drama and what’s left?Fear words stacked where numbers should be. “Catastrophic mistake.”“Jeopardize public safety.”“87,000 people.” Big …
“I’ll Pay for the Study”: Delay, Damage Control, and the Noland Tell
TL;DR At the Jan 2026 Deerfield Beach Commission meeting, BSO officials proposed funding a new fire-rescue study in exchange for a two-year contract extension—a move critics call a ‘delay tactic’ to avoid municipal independence. I’ve been around Deerfield Beach politics long enough to know when a room gets nervous. Not loud. Not chaotic. Nervous. That was the vibe at the …
Yo Dudley, Why I Refuse to Soften My Activism…
A long-time reader and friend of the blog—someone you’d recognize by name, someone many of you know personally—pulled me aside recently. I’ll call him Dudley Do-Right. Dudley meant well. He always does. Dudley is, contrary to some opinion, a good guy. He told me this blog work looks exhausting. That it eats time, energy, and focus. That maybe—maybe—it isn’t worth …
MAOS Is Back. Same System. New Failure Modes.
MAOS is back with a new approach to First Amendment systems engineering. I shut My Acts of Sedition down because I was busy breaking other systems I broke Florida’s book-ban law hard enough that Ron DeSantis rewrote it. I stress-tested school districts until they folded. I forced cities to choose between constitutional neutrality and shutting the whole damn thing down. …
An Open Letter to Ocean Psychology Group (Miami, FL)
If You’re Issuing ESA Letters in 10 Minutes, You’re Not Offering Therapy—You’re Playing with Fire. Ocean Psychology Group P: (305) 200-3921 F: (844) 440-2381 www.oceanpsychologygroup.com To Whom It May Concern, I contacted your office posing as someone in need of an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) letter. I disclosed I had autism spectrum disorder and generalized anxiety. I expressed concern about …
Investigating ESA Letter Abuse in California
This content is shared for public education, journalistic investigation, and policy advocacy. It includes direct communications from Emotional Support Animal (ESA) service providers, examined against California’s AB-468 and federal housing standards. We are not alleging that any provider or individual has violated the law. Our observations are based solely on the language used in the communications and our interpretation of …
How One Man (and One Bible Ban) Made DeSantis Blink
How Chaz Stevens Weaponizes Communication to Burn Systems Down (and Make DeSantis Blink) Forget influencer fluff. If you want real talk on strategic communication, listen to the guy who made Ron DeSantis rewrite his own law. Meet Dr. T Chaz Stevens—founder of REVOLT Training, the one-man wrecking ball who filed 62 Bible ban requests across Florida and turned the state’s …
Burn the Letter Mill Down: How One $99 ESA Letter Could Crater an Industry.
Ever buy a disability accommodation letter in under 2 minutes? I did. That’s how this story starts. With $99, a dog named Scooby Doo!, and no clinical interview, no HIPAA forms, no nothing. Just a quick email from a guy named Dr. Bobby Tinner, and boom—I had an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) letter saying I was disabled under federal law …









