Censorship
The whistleblower who made life so uncomfortable for the Governor has bonded out of jail. Rebekah Jones tweeted that the state is censoring the website until further notice where she’s been posting daily COVID-19 casualties.
Also, on today’s Sunrise:
— No holiday for COVID-19 casualties. The state reported 676 additional fatalities between Friday and Monday. More than 2,600 Florida residents have died since January 1 — an average of 153 per day.
— Vaccinations have been underway for more than a month and Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s working to expand the number of facilities where you can get a shot. The problem is a shortage of vaccine.
— The Governor is counting on churches and Publix to speed up the vaccination process and he’ll announce more sites later this week.
— On Sunrise in-depth, you’ll hear from the chair of the Senate budget committee, who says this is going to be a difficult year because of the economic downturn from COVID-19. Kelli Stargel says M-CORES … billions of dollars to create three new toll roads … is on the chopping block.
— Stargel also says they’ll be looking for new revenue, which means revisiting the issue of collecting the sales tax on purchases made over the internet.
— The Senator says they can also find more money by increasing the cost of college tuition … which has been frozen for several years.
— And finally, an anti-masker Florida Woman thought she could not be jailed for refusing to wear one. She was wrong.