Governor highlights some recent accomplishments

The day prior to discovering two Florida residents — one in Hillsborough and one Manatee County — had tested “presumptively positive,” for the coronavirus, Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Lakeland, taking something of a victory lap.   

DeSantis was one of the speakers at the 2020 Lay of the Land Conference, an annual, well-attended event, hosted by SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate. The conference was at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

DeSantis, according to a statement, checked off some of the big victories his administration has helped facilitate. High on his list: the state’s low unemployment rate of about 3% and Florida’s resilient and strong economy, including a state budget that’s about half that of New York state even though Florida has a higher population.