Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 5.26.21
Here s your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State.
There may be no more competitive race for Congress anywhere next year than the one for Floridaâs 10th Congressional District, where three vibrant criminal justice reform crusaders want to replace Rep.
Val Demings.
Natalie Jackson, who both announced their candidacies Tuesday, and former State Attorney
Aramis Ayala, whoâs announcing her candidacy Wednesday, are all Democrats.
Randolph Bracy tossed his hat in the ring for CD 10, which is starting to heat up. Image via Colin Hackley.
many buses coming north have been packed. the safest way to get around this evening is on a surface bus. there you see a fire truck. we re seeing lots of fire trucks going to buildings. helping people out. there might have been people stuck in elevators. it is that kind of thing. so far people taking in it stride here on the upper west side. not much of a choice here on a warm evening in new york city. this is a live picture on the left-hand side. this is the upper west side of manhattan. normally these streets would be parked with people and vehicles and the streets would be absolutely lit up. i believe i know that march area. lincoln center would be about a block south of where you re pointing your camera at and they would be having some performances as well. to the bottom right of the
it. and i was praying for safety for all of us. can you describe what it sou sounded like and felt like. a lot of rocking. the first one before it, the 4.7 was some rolling, made me a little nauseous and then that 7 hit and that was rocking. everything was shaking and i just got under the desk and hid until it stopped. how long have you lived in ridgecrest? almost 15 years, i think. can you describe the residence of this high desert valley and how they re coping with all of this? they re really coming together. it has that rural feel and it s a really tight knit community. a lot of people have been coming out and responding. people have been taking water. helping people out.
that are not with us anymore. a lot of people that stayed inside the bar even though there was a gunman 20 feet away breaking windows, helping people out, incredible what people were able to do. a place that was very joyful and felt very safe, friends gathered on a regular basis but we have at least one law enforcement officer who lost his life running in and telling his wife in a phone call i got to go, i love you but i m running in. radioing, telling others on the outside what he was seeing in the way he described it was horrific. we have a hero on our hands. heroes take risks and sometimes they are mortal. law enforcement and especially an active shooter situation like this, they know they are signing
everybody is out, we re cleaning roads, helping people out. it s a wild trip. yes. i m a survivor. feel good. i got a heartbeat today. it s pretty devastating seeing the road coming in and everything. i m just worried about my boat. you know, i m a chartert captain, i want to make sure she s floating. that s the snorkel for an underwater laboratory that s like 15 miles that way. so what are you doing right now? we re checking on after the hurricane. we re all tied to the mangrove. most of the whole islamorada is tied up here. i m just checking on everybody s boat. you see it right here, this is