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The pace of electric service returning has increased after Governor Rick Scott chided local officials on Saturday to be aggressive. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, Scott pulled together the four major utility companies and local elected officials, and will do the same thing later today.

Roads are still blocked in the state Capitol, debris will litter yards for days, but the one upside to the storm recovery says Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo is that crime has not increased.
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“Overall, the crime aspects are very minimal, Most fit is dealing with traffic issues” DeLeo told the Governor.

Sot: Mike Wood
Leon County Sheriff

It’s a good sign” echoed Leon County Sheriff Mike Wood.

On Saturday, Scott put some of the blame for the slow return of power on city officials.

“I expect every city and county official to aggressively fix that problem” said Scott.

Then Saturday night, Scott called a roundtable of elected officials.

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum called the idea he or others would impede power restoration ludicrous.

“We want to have people up and moving, so it’s a crazy idea to think any of us would work to impede that” Gillum told the group.

Tallahassee electric manager Ron McGarrah told the Governor that crews from other companies didn’t result in a net gain of manpower because of differences in distribution systems, but also said those without power would have it soon.

“We’re hoping by Monday evening.”

Governor Scott said the idea of the working session was to get everyone on the same page.

“And so the whole goal of this is to make sure everyone has the same information. If there is opportunities for people to help each other, that they do it.When you put a group like this together that’s the whole goal” Scott told us afterwards.

But for those still without power, the return can’t come soon enough.

The Governor met with Pasco County officials this afternoon and has another meeting with the elected representatives of North Florida again this evening.