Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay balks at renaming US Highway 27 after Donald Trump I don t think it s necessary, McKinlay says
There are calls to change the name of a major highway running through part of South Florida to honor former President Donald Trump.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â There are calls to change the name of a major highway running through part of South Florida to honor former President Donald Trump.
U.S. Highway 27 stretches nearly 500 miles through most of Florida. Last week, State Rep. Anthony Sabatini, R-Clermont, I think that Donald Trump is one of the best presidents in the history of the United States, Sabatini said.
Why didn t Palm Beach County step in to stop super-spreader event?
Video shows thousands of maskless people gathered at Palm Beach County Convention Center
Contact 5 s Michael Buczyner investigates why a conference at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in which many maskless people were seen crowded together was allowed to take place.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â Contact 5 has learned at least one Palm Beach County commissioner plans to ask questions after video from inside a conference at the county s convention center shows many people maskless and not social distancing.
Video showing about 2,000 people inside the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Tuesday is causing concern.
Why didn t county step in to stop super-spreader event? December 23, 2020 at 7:50 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 10:26 PM
Contact 5 has learned at least one Palm Beach County commissioner plans to ask questions after video from inside a conference at the county s convention center shows many people maskless and not social distancing.
Video showing about 2,000 people inside the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Tuesday is causing concern.
In the video, participants attending the
Contact 5 shared the video with Dr. Terry Adirim, a public health expert. Definitely a super-spreader event when you see very large crowds in an enclosed venue without masks, she said. We need to be concerned that these are people from out of town, out of state, who are likely to go back to their own states and spread infection.
POMPANO BEACH Gov. Ron DeSantis stood by the side of an 88-year-old former Missouri school teacher and watched her become one of the first seniors in a long-term care facility in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
But before Vera Leip was inoculated by a state strike team, DeSantis expressed concerns about the shifting availability of the Pfizer vaccine and criticized Walgreens and CVS for their slow start in getting to other nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
After Leip was inoculated, DeSantis then took the reins behind Leip s wheelchair and escorted her back into the facility at John Knox Village where others at the Pompano Beach facility had also gotten the vaccine. He did not take any questions.