DeSantis' story of a locked Pinellas landfill is missing context

Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly accused Pinellas County of locking up its main dump over the weekend, requiring state troopers to open its gate by force during the frantic effort to clear debris ahead of Hurricane Milton.

That’s an incomplete picture, according to the county.

The site’s main entrance was open. The state workers had gone to a secondary entrance, a county spokesperson said. And the site was under state control at the time.

The county’s response adds context to a story DeSantis has repeated during at least six news conferences and television appearances since Sunday.

During one of those news conferences, he said that “one of the gates was locked.” In the other instances, he gave the impression that the entire landfill was locked and that the county was violating an executive order he issued Saturday requiring all landfills and dump sites to be open 24 hours.

https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2024/10/08/florida-desantis-milton-hurricane-debris-landfill-gate/

More evidence that DeSantis is an asshole in addition to being a climate change denying asshole.