At a recent writers workshop in Fort Lauderdale, “Sun-Sentinel” sports writer Michael Mayo asked legendary columnist and rabble-rouser Jimmy Breslin, 75, whether he was ready to retire to Florida:

After his talk, I asked if he’d ever become a Floridian, like so many other New Yorkers. He let out a curse and said, “You think I could move to this place, with this idiot of a governor?”