* Florida does not report the number of COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status.
* “Our constituents did send us here to ask the tough questions. But what they did not send us here to do is to waste our time.”–State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, after Democrats refused to participate in a confirmation-advancing vote on Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick for Florida’s surgeon general.
* “Dr. Ladapo is a superstar.”–Gov. Ron DeSantis.
* The Sunshine State has approximately 1.5 million residential condo units. According to a recent study, 918,000 of those units are more than 30 years old. We know the implications.
* “The decline in water quality is damaging Florida at its core, threatening sea life, the ecosystem, and, if left unchecked, the tourist and fishing industries. … The root problems are no secret: It’s pollution, and the worst offender is fertilizer from farms that spills into waterways.”–Lizette Alvarez, WaPo.