* According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Florida’s population grew by 211,000 from 2020 to 2021 to 21.7 million residents. Only Texas (310,000) grew by more.
* In November, the state collected $398.8 million more in general-revenue taxes than expected.
* “Gov. DeSantis is not imposing any mandates or lockdown policies that have already proven ineffective in other parts of the country.”–DeSantis’ disingenuous spokeswoman Christina Pushaw.
* Reality reminder: Gov. DeSantis raised more than $60 million last year through his campaign and political committee, including $6 million in November. That same month Democratic candidates Nikki Fried, agriculture commissioner; Charlie Crist, U.S. congressman; and Annette Taddeo, state senator, raised a combined $800,000.
* “We do not want our campus to become a super-spreader.”–Paul Ortiz, president of the University of Florida chapter of the United faculty of Florida that has questioned UF’s decision not to teach remotely for the first three weeks of the new semester.