Florida governor announces plans to reopen state

[StevieRay]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a plan Wednesday to lift the state's stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus crisis that he called "safe, smart and step by step."
The plan will go into effect Monday in every county except Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties, where most of the state's COVID-19 cases have been reported, DeSantis said.
But before DeSantis released any details, he took a swipe at the "doom and gloom" media and critics who faulted him for the state's slow response to the unfolding crisis.

[FONT=&quot]"A lot has been done to promote fear," DeSantis said. "We haven't seen an explosion of new cases."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That having been said, 83 people died in Florida from the coronavirus Tuesday, the biggest spike in daily deaths since the pandemic started.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The restrictions, which have been in place since early April — and which were set to expire Friday — will be lifted "in a very measured, thoughtful and data-driven way," DeSantis promised earlier.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Under phase one, retail stores and restaurants can reopen, but only at 25 percent capacity. Eateries will be allowed to seat people outside, but they will have to maintain 6 feet of social distancing. And elective surgical procedures will be allowed to resume.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]But schools, bars, gyms, hair salons, nursing home and long-term care facilities will remain closed until further notice.[/FONT]

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[TheComputerGroup]

Surfs up......time to get back to enjoying life.

 

[Knightrofins]

I watched his speech on Wednesday. Hopefully this will work.

I am still “grounded” so nothing new where I live. No worries

 

[Albatross]

I watched his speech on Wednesday. Hopefully this will work.

I am still “grounded” so nothing new where I live. No worries

Saw clips of it. Seemed well put together with facts and reasoning. Dont know anything about him, but seems to be a good governor.

Didnt the guy he beat in last election get busted for meth and hiring a gay prostitute?

 

[Knightrofins]

Saw clips of it. Seemed well put together with facts and reasoning. Dont know anything about him, but seems to be a good governor.

Didnt the guy he beat in last election get busted for meth and hiring a gay prostitute?

yes. He beat that guy with a NARROW victory. Since day 1, he has been an outstanding governor. Very even keel attitude with ALOT of common sense.

he has been taking a lot of flack in the last 2 months as the media has been twisting his stories.

he said a few weeks ago that he would “maybe” open schools back up and the national media and Dems on social media (who don’t live in Florida) went batshit crazy over this.

there have been a few other examples as well.

however when U watch a speech, I like to see the tone of voice and demeanor of the person saying it. The media portrays it in a different way.

 

[StevieRay]

yes. He beat that guy with a NARROW victory. Since day 1, he has been an outstanding governor. Very even keel attitude with ALOT of common sense.

he has been taking a lot of flack in the last 2 months as the media has been twisting his stories.

he said a few weeks ago that he would “maybe” open schools back up and the national media and Dems on social media (who don’t live in Florida) went batshit crazy over this.

there have been a few other examples as well.

however when U watch a speech, I like to see the tone of voice and demeanor of the person saying it. The media portrays it in a different way.

Fucking media

 

[Heatwave]

Knight - you'll be up and running soon. Tri-county is probably the heart and soul of Florida economy.

I was not a big DeSantis fan - I don't side perfectly on the left or right. I try to let my own thinking and beliefs guide me.

After seeing how he has overall handled this, I am pretty impressed. There is a balance that needs to be struck here between economic health and physical health, and he is being very careful. Even though holding back gyms, salons, etc for a few weeks is something I don't like at all (daughters are competitive gymnasts - I need to get them back to their sport and back out of the house LOL), it is the smart thing to do probably. Plus, that allowed him to distance himself slightly from our northern neighbor who went somewhat all in. I can't argue that move either, but it is more risky for sure.

 

[TimmyRules]

Fucking media

And libs ....face)(*^%

stay strong Floridians with Common Sensew-thumbs!^

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

But schools, bars, gyms, hair salons, nursing home and long-term care facilities will remain closed until further notice.


So in other words, you’re not open

 

[Knightrofins]

But schools, bars, gyms, hair salons, nursing home and long-term care facilities will remain closed until further notice.


So in other words, you’re not open

Correct, those places are still closed as they should.

We're NOT open but not 100% fully closed

At least my city opened up parks where people can play (with rules)

 

[jaws2357]

Yes he has been doing a good job, his opponent smoking Crack in MBch hotel rooms like a small red eyed poison MobDster what a piece of SHIT he us and thats what the Dems wanted as their leader SMFDWN

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Yes he has been doing a good job, his opponent smoking Crack in MBch hotel rooms like a small red eyed poison MobDster what a piece of SHIT he us and thats what the Dems wanted as their leader SMFDWN

And these klannies say I troll here with this cock munching broken record saying the same racist garbage after every post I make. ointer: Worthless twat


This is the type of shit that proves my point here. Has been going on for years here. This is the type of piece of shit that needs to be banned and I am sure will be in due time. Might be Vlads retarded half-brother not sure

 

[Heatwave]

Further notice, per the governor, is "more like weeks as opposed to months".

I talk to a lot of business owners who are pretty excited about the Monday re-opening. Restaurants have plans for outdoor seating that will get them closer to 100% than 0% that make sense from a safety standpoint. It is a step.

No business that was closed will go to 100%. But not open is probably not true. If you had $100K of revenue in February, and it went to $10K of revenue in April - $40K-$50K of revenue in May is a lot closer to "open" than "closed".

But schools, bars, gyms, hair salons, nursing home and long-term care facilities will remain closed until further notice.


So in other words, you’re not open

 

[HinesWard86]

DeSantis has not handled this well. Florida has had the worst unemployment site in the country, and he has been very wishy-washy with his responses.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...y-has-taken-a-hit-since-the-pandemic-started/

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/2...-and-incompetence-chickens-come-home-to-roost

 

[704EVER]

DeSantis has not handled this well. Florida has had the worst unemployment site in the country, and he has been very wishy-washy with his responses.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...y-has-taken-a-hit-since-the-pandemic-started/

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/2...-and-incompetence-chickens-come-home-to-roost

I've lived in Fl. now for 23 years and this nightmare of the unemployment system is 1000% on the back of Rick Scott. This was his doing and everyone down here knows it DeSantis has added over 100 servers and a 1000 or so personnel to straighten it out.

 

[HinesWard86]

I've lived in Fl. now for 23 years and this nightmare of the unemployment system is 1000% on the back of Rick Scott. This was his doing and everyone down here knows it DeSantis has added over 100 servers and a 1000 or so personnel to straighten it out.

Scott is mainly to blame for the state's unemployment system, but DeSantis did nothing to improve it during his time in office. He had been in office for more than a year, and he knew it was a mess.

DeSantis didn't add anything until March, and he openly lied about the system's efficacy for weeks. He is partially responsible for this mess too.

 

[Heatwave]

I think its a little bit of everyone's fault. Florida not the only state with antiquated computer systems, but it is a disaster. Everyone prior to this pandemic was operating under the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The antiquated systems could handle average unemployment claims, just like the IRS system could handle normal tax season refunds, the stockpile of PPE could handle average times, etc.

This pandemic, for as bad as it has been in the loss of life department and the economic disaster department, will hopefully have some silver linings, in that we improve on things like computer systems, infrastructure, emergency preparedness plans and stockpiles of things.

 

[KennyB]

I live in Florida. Desantis is a superstar. I love the libretards who come up with situations never possibly imagined and then point fingers. It is impractical, impossible and unaffordable to have every single thing prepared for something exponentially worse than this situation. I feel much better that we dont have the socialist sanctuary city fool from Tallahassee who was caught using meth with a gay prostitute. Fuck you Tom Steyer and George Soros for pumping so much cash up his ass.

 

[SgtLanquel]

DeSantis has not handled this well. Florida has had the worst unemployment site in the country, and he has been very wishy-washy with his responses.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...y-has-taken-a-hit-since-the-pandemic-started/

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/2...-and-incompetence-chickens-come-home-to-roost

DeSantis is deliberately concealing both infection & fatality data from public. Miami Herald has been successful so far with one lawsuit that increased transparency but it seems there will need to be several other legal shoves to inspire him to provide *all* data needed for citizens to make more informed decisions regarding their personal & business behaviors

 

[Knightrofins]

I live in Florida. Desantis is a superstar. I love the libretards who come up with situations never possibly imagined and then point fingers. It is impractical, impossible and unaffordable to have every single thing prepared for something exponentially worse than this situation. I feel much better that we dont have the socialist sanctuary city fool from Tallahassee who was caught using meth with a gay prostitute. Fuck you Tom Steyer and George Soros for pumping so much cash up his ass.

funny.

article in the paper today now complaining that Florida should have run offs for governor. Gillium only received 36% of the vote and since nobody had “majority vote” there would have been a run off and Graham would have won.

yawn