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Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.14.21
A reminder: It’s Seersucker Day in the Capitol.
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Ron DeSantisâ COVID-19 response may be getting dragged through the mud by national media, but a new survey shows Florida voters are fans.
Polling firm Cygnal surveyed 800 likely general election voters in Florida and found 60% believe DeSantis has done a good job navigating the state through the pandemic. That beats the 58% approval earned by the Joe Biden administration and the 49% approval for
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Ron DeSantis gets high marks for his COVID-19 response strategy.
Floridians arenât just fans of DeSantisâ plans; theyâre fans of the man himself, handing him a plus-17 job approval rating halfway through his first term. The media, which has taken to thrashing DeSantis a few times in recent weeks, earned a minus-14 approval rating from the same set of voters.
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Jason McCarty carried a Florida medical marijuana card, as legally entitled to smoke cannabis to calm his anxiety and insomnia as anyone who takes a pill out of a bottle.
At 50, he had a $121,000-a-year job in information technology and a spotless record. But on Feb. 4, two fellow employees from the risk-management staff smelled the whiff of weed in his parked car and immediately reported him.
No more than a day later, he was banished from the premises by his employer: the City of West Palm Beach.
McCarty lost his job over a frustrating truth. Although Florida has made marijuana partially legal, the federal government still considers it a banned substance. And under employment policies of the City of West Palm Beach, federal law comes first. The use of medical marijuana, even with a prescription, is prohibited.
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Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.8.21
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What they’re reading on the Plaza level: As Florida’s Governor continues to defend himself against various slays related to his COVID-19 response and, now, vaccine rollout,
Ron DeSantis‘ role in the virus has been vindicating. The state’s numbers are lower than places with Democratic Governors, like New York and California, but its economy, saved from extended lockdowns, is thriving. No doubt Team DeSantis is already prepping news conference quips to tout their success.
Ron DeSantis gets vindicated. Image via AP.
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