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groundloop

(11,523 posts)
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 09:51 AM Jan 2021

Coronavirus live updates: Florida mayors frustrated over inability to mandate masks

Source: ABC News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won’t allow local governments to enforce their mask mandates, causing frustration among some mayors, reported WPLG.

“We can give out citations and we can urge people and we can give out masks, and we’ve given out thousands, but we don’t have the ability to mandate it in any way that’s effective,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber told WPLG.

“He continues to say that we don’t want the federal government to tell us what to do, states are better because it should be local controlled,” said Broward County Mayor Steve Geller. “But when we here in Broward are asking for local control, we’re not getting it."


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Brian Kemp of Georgia is just as bad as DeSantis. Hopefully they both find themselves out on their ass in the next election.
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Coronavirus live updates: Florida mayors frustrated over inability to mandate masks (Original Post) groundloop Jan 2021 OP
The supposed party of limited gov't (GOP) rules with an iron fist. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #1
Used to think of living there. Not any more. Not even visiting or vacationing. Enjoy your freedumb. Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #2
I lived there for 20 years and did love the place Ahpook Jan 2021 #4
Truly beautiful in the places that were left alone. Great memories. Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #5
These people are becoming a serious liability to life Blues Heron Jan 2021 #3

keithbvadu2

(36,916 posts)
1. The supposed party of limited gov't (GOP) rules with an iron fist.
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 11:30 AM
Jan 2021

The supposed party of limited gov't (GOP) rules with an iron fist.

Evolve Dammit

(16,773 posts)
2. Used to think of living there. Not any more. Not even visiting or vacationing. Enjoy your freedumb.
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 12:04 PM
Jan 2021

Never realized how many bigots, racists, and just plain ignorant folks there were. And I've traveled the state extensively. There are some beautiful areas that are still relatively unspoiled, but won't be for long. Changed dramatically in last 50 years and while there is money to be made, will just keep getting covered in asphalt.

Ahpook

(2,751 posts)
4. I lived there for 20 years and did love the place
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 09:20 PM
Jan 2021

It stopped at the gov't side, though. The governor, cops, all the way down to the damn code enforcement officer were just intolerable.

I loved living in Ponce Inlet, but do not miss the piggers.

What a shame

Blues Heron

(5,944 posts)
3. These people are becoming a serious liability to life
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 12:22 PM
Jan 2021

This is insane. They are guilty of murder. Unreal that they would PREVENT DESPERATELY NEEDED HEALTH MEASURES.

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