Tampa Mayor Calls Florida Governor's Stay-At-Home Order 'Better Late Than Never'

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'I spent 31 years in law enforcement — did a great deal of emergency management — and ... I've never seen this lack of unpreparedness on the federal level,' Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said of the coronavirus response.

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to spread information about the coronavirus and encourage the city's more than 390,000 residents to stay home.confirmed coronavirus cases.

In a conversation with NPR's Rachel Martin, Castor, who also served as the city's former police chief, called DeSantis' decision"better late than never."No, I don't think that any community has been able to do that because of the woefully inadequate amount of supplies that we have received ... We started to receive [test swabs]. We also have one of our medical schools here in Tampa is manufacturing swabs now, so we'll be able to collect.

The federal government has been trying to execute emergency aid to help with the pandemic. Are you getting enough help you need right now? It is starting to come in, but I spent 31 years in law enforcement — did a great deal of emergency management — and I can say that I've never seen this lack of [preparedness] on the federal level. And I can understand everyone was caught to a degree by surprise, but we've been at this for a month now, and not to be able to have produced some of these items by this time is very, very surprising.

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Keep complaining, what else have you done?

I hope people in Florida remember this when the time comes to elect the next Florida Governor

It's a part of the anti-science Trump regime

Easy to critique when you cannot create. Think about this, though—npr took 75 million for 800 dead beat employees

Would you have “reported” this if her opinion was the opposite?

Help!! Why are golf courses allowed to remain open ?!?!?!?

Gov. is an idiot! When people start dying then he will decided to do something. He will not tell churches to close. He doesn't know that 60 people went to choir rehearsal now 45 of them have the virus 3 died. It was on the news last week. Who is the spinless pathic man

Three fluff questions to a Democratic mayor of Tampa, FL to push narrative of Federal Government (Trump) incompetence. NPR's one sided political narrative positioned as a news piece and the sheep read it and believe it without question.

WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE ACCORD? NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW HAS BEEN AROUND SO LONG IN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL A TIME AS THIS HAD TO COME WHEN THE MINDS OF ONE NATION WOULD BE SO SCREWED UP BETWEEN WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG IT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS TO DEATH.

nancyleeny Well that's funny that she thought there was a government. He's down there golfing in HER state. When not golfing he's throwing parties.

DrDeb_DVM So she was around during the last comparable pandemic in 1918? She doesn't look a day over 90.

People are better alive than dead

The world agrees.

And good for her for instituting stay at home order early 3-24 despite lack of county support. History will not look kindly on all those officials who delayed. Every day of delay is an eternity with a virus that increases exponentially.

Gotta wonder why? Maybe it’s Tha Donal?

Time for trump and his lost admin to hand ALL of this to. The DOD to run! FEMA is drowning, the civilian leaders are drowning, testing is off track, move all leadership to DOD

NPR is a LEFTIST propaganda funded by taxpayers. How is this even legal? LPR is what it should be called.

NPR is a liberal terrorist media organization that spews out this kind of propaganda and only this kind.

The Covid 19 situation is a crime against humanity world wide by the powers that be including by the media terrorizing the world with fear. MM arr

It’s intentional and criminal. The Hague is the destiny of this admin and the Congress members who are buffers for this sh*t show. Claiming it!

GovernorKayIvey another story you need to read.

It's most puzzling because the federal government and about 12 States last year conducted a pandemic exercise from Jan.-Aug. The name of the exercise was named 'Crimson Contagion'. There's a Wikipedia page for it.

rachelnpr It is criminal incompetence is what it is.

Been that way for years sorry you missed it.

Federal- I would say closer to home on the local level.

You never asked a hospital preparedness (HPP/PHEP) based emergency manager or experienced public health officer. We knew. We all knew. There has been a systematic gutting of federal funding supporting the Strategic National stockpiles since Katrina. COVID PPEShortages

stefceretti He had a heads up about it all the way back in 2017 and stills fires the pandemic response team. I’m not a conspiracy nut but this seems contrived asf.

When the 'leading' character is retarded failing is inevitable!

Who could have ever imagined

We were warned 15 years ago how Republican handle crisises.

FLORIDA: THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT YOU TRAYVON MARTIN AND THE KID WHO GOT SHOT FOR PLAYING LOUD MUSIC IN HIS CAR..... TELL THE TAMPA LADY TO GO PLAY IN THE SWAMP.....

BrendasSexton

Welcome to America’s Dark Age

Trump..honestly..who cares if you are number one on FB..Zuckerberg could give a shit. He is responsible for genocide, revenge porn, cyber bullying, LGBT bullyng, slander, lies, teen suicide, etc. Not to mention, he has been utterly silent since the virus began. He is no Elon.

DeathSantis is worthless and a Trump fan boy. Vote the waste of space out.

I’m 21 years in the service & have been saying this for awhile. We had & have the capabilities to mitigate loss from this pandemic. Pandemic Implementation Plans have been around since Pres. Bush. We had nothing short of a flow chart that details all we are experiencing now.

How about the state response?

And yet Florida's governor just enforced the state wide stay at home rule. Florida is a Trump supporting State, you all put him in the office you get what you deserve

What is this article? NPR finds a low level Democrat mayor to act like she’s a federal government expert analyst? Pardon me? Oh and by the way... I dare NPR to slam WHO.

defundnpr

realDonaldTrump TrumpIsANationalDisgrace

This isn’t what you worked on.. I guarantee you that. Shhhh

Damn! I didn't note to credit the person who tweeted, 'some cities requiring lock down while others are not is like having a pee section in a swimming pool'.

ampincivero Ooooo

It’s like the Governors of Arizona and Florida are in a pissing contest to prove which one is more incompetent

Please look into this. Voter fraud, don’t you think? Please investigate. Found this on a Trump supporter group FB page

BartKing Is that a fact or is NPR simply reporting a point of view they hold. echochamber

theodoricofyork True words written here:

The bleachers are calling your name

Castor spent a lifetime defending the law, while potus has spent a lifetime breaking it.

Hmm. The states are responsible for the states health care. Take care of your responsibilities, and grow up. That’s not the roll of the federal government. Nor should it ever be.

I think a mediocre high school could have done better in preparedness while knowning what was coming !

unfortunately, Trump has converted the US into Enron Corp. Consequently, we cannot endlessly allow the Trump admin sinking the ship while telling us how fast the ship is running. This ship has not been maintained and is sinking. SOS

You who kept the city open! Close like the mayor of SF did

“And we’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.” Donald Trump 3/10/2020

Let me guess... she’s a Democrat

She in good company. Most believe this is the most inept administration in modern times, and it'll prove to be deadly for Americans and destructive for the economy.

This naturally has to be a leftist Democrat Mayor criticizing something our nation has never experienced. Why do Democrats and the Democrat mainstream media always have to blame? NPR constantly reminds us Republicans are bad and only Democrats are perfect. Americans waking up!

This IS NOT a lack of preparedness. This is an INTENTIONAL lack of proper preparation and response. The 1% are taking advantage of covid19 and killing off the old and poor knowingly.

It's not Daddy Government's job to powder your state butt. Claim your Constitutional authority and start taking care of yourself, JaneCastor

The level of incompetence scares me... alot of idiots...

Remind me the other pandemics she’s lived through ...

Trump is going to kill thousands of us

30 years of living off taxpayers--a parasite. Why would I give a damn about someone of such low character.

Defund npr

TrumpOwnsEveryDeath

Democrat… right?

The lack of action from DeSantis has been shameful.

And in the real news, NPR practices hypocritical selective propaganda, not journalism. To think I ever listened to you useless but pleasant-sounding twats. 🙄

GovRonDeSantis continues to put the life of every Floridian at risk with his reckless behavior. COVID19 COVID19Pandemic DeSantisBetrayedFlorida florida coronavirus BreakingNews BloodOnHisHands

Gotta love all the armchair qb. On the left. They have forever been talkers and not doers. Nothing has changed there.

stengel I'm sorry, but this has to be said.The Chinese and the Russians aren't half as anti-American as the unassimilated colonies of secular Jews in the US. They think they are invisible but the American people are aware of the behavior of this tiny minority. Richard Stengel's a problem

Ever notice the different reactions of Democratic governors & mayors as compared to Republicans - when elected to such executive offices, you need leaders capable of accepting responsibility

another cynical and thinly-veiled sliming of President Trump as though when he became president in 2017 everything was fine and it all went to shit after that what a joke

Shit show administration

in 31 years, have you ever been in a global deadly pandemic that also shutdown the world economy? what was that? no? then your 31 years of experience has no comparison.

Jan. 03 — China reports a total of 44 suspected patients with the mystery disease. Jan. 20 — U.S. and South Korea confirm first case of 2019-nCoV. Jan. 24 — Japan and U.S. each confirm second 2019-nCoV cases Feb. 29 - 1st US death

She must have worked as a janitor.

Could you do the adjusted quote in the tweet? [preparedness] instead of the double negative in the original?

Is disseminating left-wing propaganda how your going to spend your millions in taxpayer-funded pork?

romegeorgiaman3 I see NPR is hard at work for the CCP.. Well done.

stengel Doesn’t she mean “lack of preparedness?”

Maybe you should already know the states and hospitals responsibility is first government last

stengel Double negative.

I have never seen such sick, twisted, partisan transparency by Democrat elected officials. It really does become a serious question whether their authority or legitimacy should ever be respected again. Thank you President Trump, and keep up the fantastic work.

jeffgoldesq But,But The Churches....

sheralann Ditto

Maybe if all those nutsacks weren't covering her eyes she would see more clearly.

Wow - she only issued stay-at-home orders last week and like that makes her a genius?

Because you have an ass 'running the show.' And then people come up and and praise him. Damn orgy gone bad.

Negativity and finger pointing is so yesterday. Move forward, Mayor. Rise to the occasion and help people get up off the ground.

The fact my tax dollars fund this anti-American rag is beyond me, literally nothing relevant and totally partisan it’s trash 🗑

Right, NPR, got it, must be fucking true

When you want something done right, get yourself a woman with law enforcement experience. BoschAmazon GraceBillets MitziR187 ShannonGeaney policewomen

Ron is probably calling Trump right now to ask if he can fire her.

Why You CANNOT and Will NEVER 'Catch' Coronavirus

Yawn.

She's right

Did she sleep through 2009? 18,000 Americans dead. Only 1,000 tests sent between May and September, and some of those went to other nations. Have a seat libs.

thank you, Mayor Castor for keeping Tampa residents safe including my family which has selfisolated and not left home since 3/11.

NPR: Jane Castor says the feds won't do a federal stay-at-home order, and that's so terrible! Orange Man Bad! Also NPR: It's illegal for Trump to do a federal quarantine/stay at home order. So you're criticizing him for NOT doing something illegal?

Bwahahaha so the federal government was prepared

Trump and his staff are completely incompetent! How is he even qualified on the experience level to be president? He's a idiot! What did you expect..

All those folks who bought Trump's lie that he was capable and competent ('I alone can fix it.') should be getting the message by now. He's a charlatan and a shyster. Period.

I hate to nitpick, but that's a double negative. She means 'lack of preparedness' or 'level of unpreparedness', right?

DefundNPR FakeNews EnemyOfThePeople liberalhack

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