As a Floridian, I’d like to think that this isn’t necessarily true, but I can’t ignore the facts. There are some very ignorant and straight up stupid people who live here. Considering that Florida has a very large amount of elderly people, perhaps we can blame it on them.

In this new case, we are definitely blaming it on them.

Kimberly Broffman, 6, has a life that many of us can only dream of, and not in a good way.

Broffman has been living with her grandparents, Judie and Jimmy Stottler, since she was six months old, according to Associated Content. Her mother has a chronic drug problem and she has two siblings who live with other relatives.

The problem is that her grandparents live in a retirement community. (They’re everywhere in Florida.) These communities, like all deed restricted communities, have strict rules. The most strongly enforced of these rules is that all residents must be 55 or older or at least 18.

More than three years ago, the community filed a lawsuit against the Stottlers for having little Broffman there. I mean, it is part of the rules, so the Stottlers put their house on the market.

It’s been there for a while. With their house still on the market and pressure from the homeowner’s association, the Stottlers have nowhere to go and a lot to deal with.

It’s an awful situation and it’s making me embarrassed to be a part of this state. The homeowner’s association clearly knows the situation and they still want to evict this little girl. She could end up in foster care (don’t even get me started on that!) and would be away from her family.

I thought the older you get, the wiser you get. Apparently that’s not true. These people should be ashamed of themselves.

Check out the Today’s Show video of the situation here.

“You have breast cancer.”

The good news is that this doesn’t have to be a death sentence, especially with this latest discovery.

Millions of dollars have been donated to find the cure for cancer through great organizations like Relay for Life. Yet, for a while there it seemed like the cure was nowhere in sight. That is, until now.

Scientists from the University of Chicago recently found a vitamin A formula, which has been shown to regulate overactive cells characteristic of cancer. This new formula is created from a vitamin A derivative called retinoic acid and has been shown to curb the growth of breast cancer cells.

Two out of the three forms of breast cancer are caused by estrogen levels overtaking some genes and causing cellular malignancy and proliferation, according to Natural News. This new retinoic acid complex has the same ability to alter genes but in a more positive way by “balancing the cells and prohibiting growth.”

Considering this is a new discovery, specific medications may not be immediately available to you. In the future, though, we should expect to see great things coming with this discovery. Scientists are also studying the use of vitamin D for breast cancer. Natural News also reported that this vitamin may be able to keep breast cells growing at the proper rate.

Hopefully, before we know it there will be a cure.

According to Yahoo News, two monorail trains crashed yesterday morning, killing one train’s operator.

According to Disney, this was the first time a monorail crash like this has happened in the entire ride’s lifespan in the park at 38 years.

Also according to the report, the monorail operator died at the scene, and the other was taken to the hospital because he was “emotionally shaken.” And the whole thing went down around 2 a.m., thankfully when very few visitors are on the trains, though six people were treated at the scene of the crash, as reported by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Yahoo News also reported that Disney’s senior spokesman Michael Griffin identified the driver as 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg, though he would not discuss how long Wuennenberg had been with Disney or what might have happened to cause the crash. Officials at Disney also would not discuss the operation system of the monorail with reporters.

I always find it interesting when an incident like this, especially one involving a death, occurs, that those representing the company involved, especially one as big as Disney, no one wants to say anything in fear of creating any implications, or, rather, in fear of scaring more tourists (more money) away. Of course, with this current economic situation, companies that rely on tourist dollars are going to be all the more unlikely to give any full reports on situations like this.

The same thing happened a few years ago at Disney’s Epcot when two people died after riding Mission: SPACE.

In my opinion, it’s all just poor customer service.