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Tuesday's Daily Pulse | 12/22/2020 Millions wasted: Why Florida’s info tech projects keep failing When it became clear this month that multiple state agencies shared a single password for their emergency messaging systems — and that the password was posted online — some observers were not surprised. It was just the latest in a series of high-profile information technology failures to roil the Sunshine State. For more than two decades, Florida has struggled when it comes to information technology. Officials have created, abolished, and recreated a state technology office at least three...

Hillsborough County tells Beer Can Island to shut down the party Beer Can Island exists within a loophole because it lacks a zoning designation of any kind.     Pine Key — a popular boating and camping destination known by locals as Beer Can Island. [ Times (2018) ] Updated Dec. 21, 2020 APOLLO BEACH — The two-year land use debate between Hillsborough County Code Enforcement and the owners of Pine Key — the popular boating and camping destination known by locals as Beer Can Island — might be coming to a conclusion. Code enforcement has levied four violations against...

As the first doses of vaccine for COVID-19 were made available throughout the United States and Florida, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County on Monday, Dec. 14, reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, Dec. 11, including 22 in Key West. Dr. Mark Whiteside, medical director for the local offices of the Health Department, said Monday despite the vaccine becoming available, there are still major concerns and urged caution. “You know, we’re at record levels, we’re breaking records every day, and this is not a good thing,” Whiteside said on U.S. 1 Radio. â...

Hit florida. now one of the biggest issues here in punta gorda and across the county of charlotte is electricity like much of the state. 40% of the people still don't have electricity. 65% didn't have electricity this morning. trees came down everywhere. wires, electrical lines came down in neighborhood after neighborhood so you go from one place to another and there's no neighborhood street to street. it's going to be a long time before they're fully recovered. >> thank you. and of course right now, when you talk about recovery, it is also about just finding people with the power out, the c...

Is in great pine key, that's just to the north of key west, and she said, i have about 8 inches of water in my home. well, do you think that's just because of the rain fall, no, they haven't gotten that much rain fall. there was water that was creeping up. that is the storm surge. when you see it kind of in realtime like that, it's almost mind boggling to think this isn't because of rain. it isn't because of rain. it's because the wall of water gets sort of pushed up. there we go right around tampa, you can see all the deeper red shaded areas, well, those are some of the stronger bans that mov...