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The tornado that ravaged the senior living community of Kings Point west of Delray Beach was an EF-2, the National Weather Service confirmed, a strong tornado not commonly seen in South Florida. It was one of seven tornadoes spawned locally due to Hurricane Ian. ....
The governor s press office rebuked the decision in a statement provided to The Palm Beach Post. It is unfortunate that Palm Beach County would rather engage in petty politics than honor the death of one of their county’s and state’s most prominent residents and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, the statement said. The town of Palm Beach had already lowered its flag Monday in the spirit of President Joe Biden s directive this week that all federal properties fly their flags at half-staff in honor of the 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19. The governor s order came late Tuesday. Council President Maggie Zeidman said the town would have lowered the flag for the governor s order even if it wasn t already lowered for COVID victims. ....
February 24, 2021 1:15 p.m. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wanted to make a big show of honoring the late, racist shock jock Rush Limbaugh after Limbaugh died last week at 70. By Wednesday, that plan had fallen to pieces as it became clear DeSantis’ subjects weren’t too thrilled about the idea. In a defiant statement Tuesday night, a county commissioner in Palm Beach County, where Limbaugh lived, said the county would defy the governor’s directive to lower the county courthouse’s flag in Limbaugh’s honor. “Our decision is to keep our flags at normal protocol today,” Lisa De La Rionda, director of the county’s public affairs department, subsequently confirmed to TPM on Wednesday. ....