By Michael Moline | Editor in Chief
“At the same time, I mean, we’ve had some [storms] where there’ve been a lot more [deaths]. So, I think people did take precautions, and I think the local officials did a really good job of helping spread the word.” — Gov. Ron DeSantis
A tree took out a fence and landed on top of a power line in the backyard of a home near downtown Pensacola. Hurricane Isaias knocked down trees throughout the city and North Florida. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)
That’s up from two previously reported Florida deaths due to the storm that made landfall in Destin on Oct. 8, Christine Sexton reports. One of the fatalities resulted from a car accident at an intersection where the traffic light was out; two to what Ron DeSantis described as” health care interruptions” due to the storm. About 41,000 customers in the northwest Panhandle remained without power Tuesday at 7 p.m. According to a state report, 69 healthcare providers reported power shortages and 27 indicated they’d suffered damage.
Congressional candidates are tripping over a new requirement in Florida that they disclose whether they plan to make individual stock trades if elected. Republican Ryan Elijah in CD 7 checked that he does plan to make trades — which his Democratic opponent Bale Dalton leapt upon in a campaign ad. Elijiah insists: “I checked ‘yes’ as I wasn’t sure how my retirement account would be managed. I do not intend to trade stocks.” The issue has been a hot one in several congressional races in Florida, most notably in CD 13, CD14, and CD 25, Mitch Perry reports.
The problem is how to determine whether a person is considered legally incapable of consenting to sex, and that depends on the legal standards in your state and, in some cases, on how the person became intoxicated. “There are a lot of very good laws on the books,” said Renée Williams, CEO of the National Center for Victims of Crime. “The problem is that nobody knows how to enforce them, including district attorneys, and enforcement varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, even within the same state.”
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