More evidence of Florida’s police-state mentality:

“Well, it’s official. Florida governor Rick Scott signed into legislation the “Internet Cafe Ban,” which effectively closed down around 1,000 such establishments in the state. The ban went into effect immediately, though some cafes shut their doors a week ago under the assumption that the ban would go through.

A report in Florida Today paints a picture of displaced senior citizens who had been meeting at the cafes to socialize with one another, hop on the Internet, and for legal gambling, the latter of which is what prompted the ban in the first place.”