ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings held one of his regular coronavirus briefings Friday less than 30 minutes after Gov.
Ron DeSantis signed an executive order banning local governments from enforcing restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus and placing Florida in the final phase of reopening.The mayor has not had time to fully review the order signed at 4:06 p.m.
but expressed his frustration that local leaders were not given notice about the statewide changes with the new order. The county immediately began receiving questions from businesses and the community about it when DeSantis made the announcement early Friday afternoon but according to Demings, Central Florida government leaders did not know.