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Mick's Morning News- Tuesday

Gov. DeSantis Signs Into Law Permitless Carry Bill

(Tallahassee, FL)-- Governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill that allows Floridians to conceal carry their firearms with no permit or training. The law takes effect July first. The law allows Florida residents to carry a concealed firearm with only a valid ID. Some backers of concealed carry legislation wanted to the valid ID requirement removed but lawmakers kept it in the final version.  

Tallahassee Police Defend Arrests Of Fried And Book

(Tallahassee, FL) --Tallahassee Police are defending the arrests of abortion protesters. About a dozen people were arrested last night outside city hall for protesting a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks. The TPD says the city informed protest organizers last week that it couldn't accommodate them because of the expected size of the crowd and their desire for overnight camping. Police add when protesters arrived at city hall yesterday, they were allowed to stay during normal operating hours and were warned multiple times that anyone refusing to leave at sundown would be subject to arrest.Eleven people who didn't leave were arrested for trespassing. That includes Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book.   

DeSantis Calls For Investigation Into Disney's Deal With Reedy Creek

(Tallahassee, FL) --Disney and Governor Ron DeSantis are doing battle again. DeSantis announced yesterday that he asked Chief Inspector General Melinda Miguel to investigate Disney's deal with the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Before the district was to be dissolved, it signed a 30-year development deal with Disney that may have undermined Disney's new oversight board. DeSantis says the deal aimed to undercut Florida's legislative process and defy the will of Floridians. He adds any violations should be referred to the proper authorities.    

Disney CEO Calls DeSantis 'Anti-Florida'

(Orlando, FL) --Despite differences with the governor, Disney still loves Florida. That's what CEO Bob Iger said yesterday at the annual shareholder's meeting. He said Disney respected and appreciated what the state has done for it, but he also said any action taken to slow the company's growth, simply out of retaliation, sounds anti-business and anti-Florida. Iger also says dissolving Disney's governing board was punishing the company for exercising a constitutional right, and it seems really wrong to do that, especially against a company that means so much to the state. Iger projects Disney World will welcome 50 million visitors this year. Long term, the company plans to spend 17 billion dollars and create 13-thousand jobs over the next decade. 

Brevard County Man Arrested For Threatening Mass Shooting

(West Melbourne, FL) -- A Brevard County man is accused of threatening a mass shooting at work. West Melbourne Police announced yesterday that Marcus Anderson was arrested last week for illegal gun possession. The 34-year-old allegedly told his coworkers at Mack Technologies on Technology Drive that he was going to go on a murderous rampage. He claims he was joking, but police say they found a loaded gun in a backpack in his locker and another gun in his car. Anderson was trespassed and taken for a mental health evaluation. He's currently in jail and will be arraigned in three weeks.

Volusia County Beach Safety Wants Meeting With Sheriff Chitwood

(DeLand, FL) --Those who police the beaches of Volusia County want to work out their differences with the sheriff. The Beach Safety Union yesterday publicly asked to meet with Sheriff Mike Chitwood. The two sides disagree over a state senate bill that would reassign Beach Patrol officers as deputies under Chitwood's command. A Beach Patrol sergeant says he was insulted by Chitwood's comment last week that Beach Patrol officers don't really do law enforcement work. Beach Safety officials plan to make their case to the county council at today's meeting.     

Trespassing Charges Dropped Against Jacksonville Activist

(Jacksonville, FL) -- Charges of trespassing and resisting arrest have been dropped against a Jacksonville activist in connection with a city council meeting four months ago. The president of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville -- Ben Frazier -- was removed in handcuffs from a city council in December when he refused to leave the podium. Frazier was commenting on his frustration with the city over the removal of Confederate monuments in the city. Another man -- Ben Rutter -- was also arrested alongside Frazier. Several judges recused themselves from the case and finally, it was recommended the case be dropped.   

Cow Stops Traffic On I-75 In Hillsborough County

(Tampa, FL) --Deputies in Hillsborough County are getting a chance to show off their animal wrangling skills. The sheriff's office yesterday Tweeted a video of deputies working with local ranchers to corral a cow that wandered onto I-75 near Big Bend Road. The cow was spotted on the highway at noon, and part of the road was shut down for a couple hours. The cow was eventually caught without injury.

New Study Finds Most People Can't Go Without Their Phone

(Undated) --Today marks 50 years since the first mobile phone call was made on April 3rd, 1973. A new survey reveals just how vital mobile phones are to people. It found nearly 72 percent of people couldn't imagine going more than a weekend without their mobile phone, while nearly more than 23 percent believe they could last an hour at most. Forty-one percent are more willing to give up the gym, TV for 25 percent of millennials, or even sex for 22 percent of Gen Z responders than their mobile phones.

TODAY IN HISTORY

1975, Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death on a balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

1949, the U.S. and eleven other nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO, in an effort to contain possible Soviet aggression against western Europe.

1865, President Abraham Lincoln visited the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia after Union forces captured it.


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