A statewide stay-at-home directive has sown confusion in Florida, with @GovRonDeSantis and his aides telling mayors that the order offers far more local flexibility than the plain language of the order seems to indicate, internal emails show

https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/04/07/desantis-says-one-thing-then-says-another-and-mayors-ask-for-clarity-1273111">https://www.politico.com/states/fl...

On the left is an email from DeSantis& #39; general counsel Joe Jacquot to two Broward County mayors. He basically says local authorities maintain local authority,including ability to issue orders

On right is the statewide order, which seems pretty clear locals are losing some power

“This is an example of rhetoric versus executive order,” said @SenJanetCruz. ”You can go to the podium and say one thing but that doesn& #39;t change what was signed into order. Words matter, not just in what you say, but in what you do.”

This from the @PGATOUR also caused confusion.

DeSantis did not specifically say golf was an "essential" service in his order, but the PGA sent this out, and club owner showed it to local government officials like it was from the governor& #39;s office.

They were no sure what to do

Here is how one lobbyist whose clients include local governments explained things

Hey, you there? Still with me.

Well, that& #39;s not good because I have a correction to make on this thread.

Above golf email is from @PGA, not @PGATOUR