Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.1.21
With apologies to the late, great
Tim Russert ⦠The top three issues facing the 2021 Florida Legislature are COVID, COVID, COVID.
Itâs no surprise that just about everything that will happen during the 60-day Session will be directly or indirectly related to the pandemic or influenced by the countless ways it has changed life in our state.
From health care policy to the budget, from education policy to the environment, the Session will seem like all COVID-19, all the time. Even where legislation doesnât directly link to COVID-19 â say, school choice â lawmakers will be factoring in what it will cost in a pandemic-battered economy or how it will help kids whose schooling was turned upside down.
Failed mayoral candidate Ken Cooper has decided to walk away from the lawsuit he filed contesting the results of the Nov. 3 race. Cooper, 68, lost the Fort Lauderdale mayor’s race to incumbent Dean Trantalis, 67, by 12,820 votes. Cooper’s lawsuit demanded that he be named mayor and that all 43,803 mail-in ballots cast in the election be thrown out. The suit, filed in Broward Circuit Court on .
Deputies release 911 call after father stabs girlfriend’s eyes, bites daughter’s nose off
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Pierre Francois is accused of blinding his girlfriend after stabbing her in the face, and of biting his toddler’s nose off before throwing her out the window.
Francois’ mother, who was covered in her own blood after he allegedly beat her with a piece of lumber, escaped and ran to a neighbor’s home on Saturday, near Fort Lauderdale.
His mother told a neighbor and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies that the 6-foot-1-inch man was attacking his girlfriend and his 12-month-old daughter.