Tampa Mayor Jane Castor 'disappointed' Hillsborough County didn't go with stay-at-home order

Hillsborough County leaders during an emergency meeting opted not to issue a stay-at-home order but instead will consider a curfew at their next meeting.

It's all in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.

It was widely expected the Hillsborough County‘s Council of Emergency Managers would pull the trigger on a stay-at-home order, requiring everyone except essential personnel to stay home. That order would have been issued by Hillsborough County's council of emergency managers this afternoon.

But not all leaders were on board with the idea with a stay-at-home order. An idea of a curfew was floated, and leaders ultimately decided to discuss a countywide curfew on Thursday.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor for days pushed the idea of a stay-at-home order and again during the emergency meeting.

She was not in support of a curfew, saying a stay-at-home order "isn't going to be as onerous as putting a curfew in place." Castor argued it would be more difficult to enforce.

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Thank God the governor did not shut down FL! He knows that would be economic disaster!