Two longtime residents of rural northeast Sarasota County, Florida, have started legal action on behalf of their community over concerns about urban sprawl.
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More than 4.2 million people in Florida were vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Monday. | Hauke-Christian Dittrich/Pool via AP
Major donors to South Florida hospital foundation got early vaccine access
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TALLAHASSEE The fundraising foundation for the Baptist Health of South Florida hospital system told donors who could afford at least six-figure financial contributions on New Year’s Day that they were eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, at a time when vaccine doses were in short supply in the rest of the state.
The email, sent by hospital foundation CEO Alexandra Villoch to the collection of more than 3,000 wealthy donors and obtained by POLITICO, offers another glimpse into the exclusive access some of Florida’s well-to-do enclaves received at a time when the state was left with 266,000 fresh doses per week. Pop-up vaccination sites in affluent, mostly white pockets of the state have become a political thorn in the side of Gov. Ron
Former Florida governor and now U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, is pondering a 2022 gubernatorial run and sounding very much like a candidate with Sunday’s call for a federal investigation into potential rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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