to head toward the Orange County Convention Center in central Florida, but the project is already losing out on the potential a bigger chunk of cash from Washington the longer it languishes.
Buttigieg says he has never been able to connect with DeSantis on the transportation issues that affect both of their current roles. In fact, Buttigieg says he has phoned DeSantis but has never spoken with him. “I’ve never heard from this Governor, and it’s not because I’ve never called him. We’ve never spoken. What I will say is we’ve done a lot of good work with the Florida Department of Transportation,” Buttigieg says. “We try to work around and through all that to just get stuff done.
Then, Buttigieg lands the dismissal with a characteristic blend of politics with policy: “He’s more worried about Bud Light or Disney or whatever.” That, right there, is why no one should forget Buttigieg, who has taken the typically sleepy Transportation Secretary role and made himself a prime spokesman for Biden’s infrastructure spending. Biden has taken to joshing the 41-year-old Buttigieg about his ubiquity on television,him “TV” before a Cabinet meeting back in January.