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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeSantis freezes lone Democratic state official out of COVID-19 task force.
Snubbed by Gov. Ron DeSantis when he put together his Re-Open Florida Task Force, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has offered the panel her own recommendations for recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
The states only Democratic member of the Florida Cabinet has issued a 10-page report called Recommendations to the Re-Open Florida Task Force from Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. She mainly sticks to the agricultural realm, though she offers advice on improving Floridas unemployment system.
The recommendations ask for protections for migrant farm workers and expansion of milk and produce purchases. She also gets into broader topics, such as chasing the Hurricane Michael federal relief money that was supposed to help Floridas timber industry recover.
Her recommendations offer somewhat of a contrast to DeSantiss Re-Open Florida Task Forces Industry Working Group for Agriculture, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Management and Professional Services. which identified the industry as low risk for job loss, and has yet to offer many specific recommendations.
Fried offered 15, plus a little bit of annoyance that DeSantis hadnt asked her for her ideas.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/329662-uninvited-to-re-open-task-force-nikki-fried-offers-it-her-ideas
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)BComplex
(8,053 posts)Spot on!
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)a bunch of people, you don't need some smart-ass pointing out, "but won't people notice?"
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I believe that she has shown that she has what it takes to defeat him and lead the state properly. I had never heard of her when I voted for her in the 2018 democratic primary. What a good vote that was.