Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.15.21
Here s your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State.
Imagine youâre in the Super Bowl, and you break free after recovering a fumble for an easy touchdown run. Youâre inches from the goal line and start celebrating a bit too early when a speedy wide receiver slaps the ball from your hand, causing another fumble and denying what should have been an easy score.
You know, like
Don
Thereâs an analogy in here for Gov.
Ron
DeSantisâ continued COVID-19 response. Despite some early fumbles, Florida has fared comparatively well and, despite all of the partisan hating against him, heâs been right plenty of times.
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Florida lawmakers are trying to make it harder to sue farmers. They say it s to prevent conflicts between existing farms and city dwellers who moved in next door. But environmentalists fear it s actually to protect the practice of sugarcane burning in South Florida, which has resulted in a federal lawsuit.
Lawmakers put Florida s Right to Farm Act into statute decades ago to protect farmers from conflicts created by new neighbors. Whether that conflict result from the smell of cow manure or the clucking of chickens, neighbors can t say the farm is a nuisance if it s been operating for a year or more and wasn t considered a nuisance when it started. There are exceptions, but those are limited.