After avoiding Joe Biden post-Idalia, Ron DeSantis requests storm relief from feds
A recent letter from Gov. Ron DeSantis to the federal government suggests that the state suffered extensive agricultural damage from Hurricane Idalia, at least enough for the GOP presidential hopeful to put politics aside for the moment.
On Friday, DeSantis sent a letter seeking broad help from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It’s the second time since Idalia’s landfall that a statewide-elected official has written to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, meaning the Sunshine State’s agriculture industry might be reeling from Idalia, a Category 4 storm that made landfall in the Big Bend region in late August.
Perhaps more indicative of looming agriculture problems is that DeSantis...
