In the last month, Jacksonville has become ‘ground zero’ for resistance to DeSantis’ policies

Timothy Robinson doesn’t necessarily consider himself a “political person.” His interests lie elsewhere. The Pittsburgh Steelers. A good sermon. The chicken shawarma at Wafaa & Mike’s Cafe in Jacksonville. Robinson did, however, fight for this country — he said he served in the Army for about 16 years and the Air Force for another five — before his current job as a federal employee. Which is why Robinson ended up at a Sept. 7 press conference on the southside of Jacksonville looking to talk to Gov. Ron DeSantis, veteran to veteran. All he wanted to do was ask DeSantis a simple question in the ...