And churches do have to pay the Non-Ad Valorem tax. This is tax the helps pay for things like the police and fire departments and other local public things like sewage.

A water moccasin is mean tempered usually so if wasn't cold/cool out and it stayed placid that's a decent indication in and of itself. Not definitive, but good. I hope by now it's been released well away from where you are. In the future if you find a snake like that an easy, relatively safe test is getting a long stick and tapping the ground near the snake. Water moccasins will strike at it showing that lovely distinctive mouth color. Plus side is that regardless of whether it is one or not you can know with some certainty straight away. Be aware though cotton mouths have been known to literally chase people just to attack them. Not something you really want to be playing with if you can avoid it.

If I could find a legitimate reason for it I'd wear just about anything. However, there are somethings that I'd theoretically be willing to wear that I would never actually wear. A good example is the scarf I bought in Afghanistan. I'd love to wear it but I live in Florida it never gets cold enough to need a scarf. I wear things for two reasons. They're comfortable or I need to because of the weather. Sometimes that even overlaps. Unfortunately, Florida never gets cold enough. I wear shorts 99% of the year because it's just too hot to wear something else.

Being from Florida that was my first thought on what kind of snake it is. But without knowing where they caught it and what type of area they caught it in ie... woodland, grassy, near water, it's really hard to say with any certainty.

Same.

People come to Florida and become stupid. We have laws to stop stupid people from themselves and laws made by stupid people.

I agree mostly, but there are some people that don't lash out without thought when angry. Instead they craft the worst thing they could possibly say to hurt you even if it's a complete lie.

Here's a few fun laws still on the books for Florida.
1. In the state of Florida, the law states you must pay for the parking meter if you tie an elephant, goat, or alligator to it.
2. Unmarried women parachuting on Sundays could risk jail time.
3. Publicly singing a swimsuit is illegal.
4. Women who fall asleep under a hairdryer can be fined.
5. Under law, men cannot wear strapless dresses in public. However, the law does not regulate other types of dresses.
6. Florida prohibits parents from selling their children.
7. The law prohibits having sexual relations with a porcupine.
8. It’s against the law to eat any cottage cheese after 6 PM on Sundays. -Tampa Bay

Exactly, there's just something comforting about reading a favorite book again. There are my favorites I reread at least once a year if not more. While others it's only once every couple of years. Just enough time that the specifics get fuzzy on the later books.