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DeSantis blindsides with order ending local COVID restrictions, counties and cities don’t know what that means for them
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday blindsided local governments with an executive order suspending all local emergency orders related to COVID-19. But WMNF’s Daniel Figueroa IV reports county and city governments weren’t aware DeSantis would be issuing the order until it was happening and don’t yet know how it will effect pandemic response.
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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman spoke shortly after DeSantis. He said he’s not even convinced the actual order exists yet.
“All of us. And when I say all of us, I’m talking about mayors and county administrators from all over the state. We’ve all struggled trying to figure out what his orders are saying,” Kriseman said. “Because they’re not typically very clear. And a lot of times it seems like he holds a press conference and then the order comes out afterward, where his staff is probably scrambling to write down what he put down.”