"Mostly, we produce construction jobs in Florida -- construction for the sake of construction. That's basically the same mechanism as a cancer cell."

The writer and columnist talks about growing up in Florida, his life as a writer and the situation in Tallahassee. Hiaasen admits there's “a glorious abundance of weirdness and depravity” in Florida.

“Florida has this incredibly welcoming attitude with regards to corruption. This is by far the crookedest place in the United States.”

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