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February 2, 2010 – Toyota Brakes
Feb 14th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

2010-0202-tototatruck-chris

A less politically sensitive cartoon. Going more for a belly laugh. Of course, written by Ken Culotta!

January 29, 2010 – Florida’s Train to Nowhere!
Jan 30th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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I’ve been involved on all sides of the train issue for some 20 years. In that time I’ve seen a drive towards getting one thing, and one thing only, built – Consultants bank accounts. Here in Florida we seem too apt to repeat the disaster of 100 years of Everglades cleanup. Millions and millions of dollars to people who claim to be working on solutions and the most that is produced is 100s of pages of “solutions” and very little work for the money.

This time it’s BILLIONS of tax payer dollars for something that the polls consistently show the people want but the people won’t ride. My argument, from the very first time I heard of this when I worked in government, was let the private sector pay for this. I learned early on that they won’t from their very employees, who stated they can’t build it because they know this can’t make money.

So the lowly taxpayers get stuck with a worthless project that will bleed them dry and probably will never see a train built.

What’s interesting about the “Orlando” to “Tampa” route Obama is touting is that so little work has been done for that proposed route. Most of the effort and money has been put into a trail that goes from western Volusia County to western Orange County. More reason to need to blow away more taxpayers dough!

I could go on. This is a financial disaster that will never meet its expectations. 1 million riders is a conservative estimate of ridership. Dade County’s MetroRail would love to see that number in 5 years. And they’re in a more congested area.

The cartoon is an amalgam of ideas from Ken Culotta, Sally Baptiste and Mark Duren.

January 12, 2010 – Unemployment
Jan 19th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

2010-0112-jobs-chris

Click here to watch this cartoon being drawn. This cartoon came about because of an interview with Cristina Romer on ABC News This Week. WD from Sarasota pointed out the interview was coming up by way of Twitter. Thanks to WD for giving me the heads up. I would’ve ordinarily have missed the interview because where I am ‘The McLaughlin Group’ is what I watch when that part of ‘This Week’ is on. Ken took the concept and wrote the gag.

November 24, 2009 – Mary Landrieu
Nov 24th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Prostitution is nothing new in Louisiana or Washington, D.C.

Ken Culotaa wrote this one. I was going in a different direction yesterday afternoon. My version involved a car and a street walker. I was speaking with Ken when he instantly suggested this far better version.

This is the first time I’ve used Photoshop filters to get effects and I think it worked.

October 16, 2009 – Obama’s Banking Trobles
Oct 18th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Ken Culotta wrote this.

This sums up Obama’s run in office at this time. He has a Nobel Prize to show for his actions.

I penciled and inked this on paper. I inked right on the pencils, so the pencils were erased.

September 25, 2009 – Obama wants to ACT NOW..sometimes…
Sep 26th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

2009-0922-actnow-chris

Ken Culotta wrote this cartoon and this really illustrates Obama’s priorities.

August 11, 2009 – The Untouchables
Aug 13th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Ken Culotta and I cooked this one up.

August 7, 2009 – Clinton Benched
Aug 13th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Ken Culotta wrote this one.

I had to rush to deadline and, I feel, it really looks it. This is one drawn entirely digitally that I shouldn’t have. Amongst the mistakes here is that I drew the caricature of Hillary digitally and couldn’t get the proportions I wanted.

July 31, 2009 – Healthcare or no Healthcare?
Aug 6th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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This one written by Ken Culotta and produced too fast by me.

July 28, 2009 – Sarah Palin Rides Off into the Sunset
Jul 29th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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I’m afraid the liberals now see this as her Waterloo and now they just push her to being exiled in Alaska. I know she has the spunk to move on. But will she?

This was entirely drawn using Photoshop. There is no rough pencil. Also, Ken Culotta and I collaborated on this with Ken writing the initial idea.

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