Honoring Give Kids The World founder.

Today we have our normal dose of political nonsense and Florida nuttiness, plus the relaunch of my #BringBackStan campaign for the Orlando Magic.

But first I wanted to pay tribute to a man who epitomized altruism in Central Florida —

Henri Landwirth, the founder of Give Kids the World.

Landwirth had every reason to be mad at the world. He was robbed of his own childhood by Nazis, who killed his parents, locked him up, stripped him of his name and tattooed a new identity on his forearm: prisoner “B4343.”

But he persevered, moved to America, made a fortune running Holiday Inns in the early days of Central Florida’s tourism boom, then dedicated his life to providing dream vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses.

As a child, he was imprisoned. As an adult, he wanted to liberate other children from the daily grind of chemotherapy and hospital tests — and give them a place where their toughest decision was deciding what kind of ice cream they wanted for breakfast and whether they wanted to see Mickey Mouse or Harry Potter that afternoon.

And he did so for more than 160,000 children from all over the world.

Some people leave a mark. Landwirth left a legacy. And Central Florida is richer for it.

#BringBackStan

Speaking of legacies, I doubt anyone completely blames fired coach Frank Vogel for the Orlando Magic’s hot mess of a season. The club had a lot of issues — and has for quite a while. Heck, the team has been under

construction almost as long as the “Eyesore on I-4.”

Really, the Magic haven’t been worth a hoot since coach Stan

Van Gundy took the team to the playoffs for five consecutive seasons … which is why I’m ready to re-launch my #BringBackStan campaign.

It’s a long shot. Van Gundy has a job in Detroit. (Although that seems to be in flux.)

And I’m not sure he’d even return to the Orlando club that unceremoniously dumped him without some management changes here.

But the guy was a stellar team ambassador — a smart, straighttalker who was as involved in his community as he was in his team. And he won. A lot.

Plus, his family still has a home in Seminole County, two kids in college locally — and a lot of fans who would like for him to come back — along with some new players. So consider this my Hail Mary for Stan the Man.

Quite the pricey birthday bash indeed

Last week, South Florida Democratic State Sen. Daphne

Campbell made headlines for a birthday party where the Miami Herald grilled her about a Kate Spade purse she received as a gift.

She acted indignant, asking: “What kind of life can an elected official have if, on your birthday it’s an issue?”

Sounds like a fair question … until you realize that it wasn’t really just a birthday party. It was a “60th Birthday Fundraiser and Celebration” — where invitees weren’t asked to bring cards, but rather “a minimum contribution of $150 up to $1,000 to attend.”

And the purse was given to her by a healthcare exec … who was spotted stuffing a couple of hundred dollar bills inside … which Campbell never reported as donations. Happy birthday indeed. Campbell said it was all “a joke” and she didn’t keep the money. It still stinks. And I am so sick of politicians treating citizens like they are fools.

Normal people don’t charge guests $150 to attend their birthday parties. (Or, as we’ve seen other politicians do, take lobbyist-organized golfing trips to Scotland, hunting trips to Texas or any kind of excursion anywhere else.)

Maybe some politicians get so ensconced in the trappings of power that they no longer realize why special interests give them things.

But voters aren’t confused. Nor are they stupid.

Only in Florida

Normally, I give you only-in-Florida headlines. Today you also get a detail from each story that followed … because they’re kinda nuts.

“Villager arrested after allegedly bug spraying neighbors in ongoing dispute” The headline seemed odd enough. But the VillagesNews.com story revealed that after the suspect reportedly sprayed his neighbors, he also sprayed the deputy trying to arrest him, as well as — wait for it — “three other deputies in the face.” In Florida math terms, that’s: 2 neighbors + 4 deputies = 6 charges of battery.

“Tire gauge is in utero in Indian River County” Confusing, right? Well, the Treasure Coast newspapers explained that a woman had first used the gauge to take drugs and then stashed the tool somewhere … um … very private. For extra clarification, the newspaper added: “Tire gauges often are kept in glove compartments, as opposed to uteruses.”