Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 5.10.21
Good Monday morning.
Cody McCloud, press secretary to Gov.
Ron DeSantis, is exiting the comms shop to become Legislative Affairs Director at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
State Rep.
Ben Diamond is entering the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District â a seat being vacated by incumbent
Charlie Crist, who
jumped into the 2022 gubernatorial contest Tuesday.
The St. Petersburg Democrat is set to make the announcement today at USF St. Pete, where he will be joined by several local politicos, including Pinellas County Commissioners
Pat Gerard and
Publix was Florida s first retail chain to offer COVID vaccines
Publix has become one of the largest distributors of COVID-19 vaccines and was the first retail chain in Florida to provide them.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he chose Publix because the company operates so many stores, making them a more convenient site for seniors who may have trouble getting to designated Department of Health sites. So that s a difference between a centralized site where you try to get as many people through, which logistically can be difficult, DeSantis said during a January news conference in Cape Coral announcing the expanded vaccination role for Publix.
Publix was Florida s first retail chain to offer COVID vaccines
Publix has become one of the largest distributors of COVID-19 vaccines and was the first retail chain in Florida to provide them.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he chose Publix because the company operates so many stores, making them a more convenient site for seniors who may have trouble getting to designated Department of Health sites. So that s a difference between a centralized site where you try to get as many people through, which logistically can be difficult, DeSantis said during a January news conference in Cape Coral announcing the expanded vaccination role for Publix.
Supermarkets, schools, big-box stores, malls and stadiums all will require people to wear masks even though Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared that Florida no longer faces a COVID-19 emergency.
Palm Beach County s mask mandate is over May 4, 2021 at 10:11 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 10:01 PM
Palm Beach County s face mask mandate, which had been in place for more than a year to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, is over, officials announced Tuesday.
It comes after
Palm Beach County Administrator Verdenia Baker told commissioners Tuesday the county will follow the governor s lead, making Palm Beach County s facial covering ordinance obsolete. We are going to follow the governor s order and CDC guidelines, Baker said. The governor s order has usurped our countywide mandate.
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Palm Beach County mask mandate discussion