“Florida’s finances after a yearlong pandemic: Jimmy Patronis looks back, and ahead”
The Capitolist 
Jordan Kirkland and Brian Burgess
March 12, 2021
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One year after the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic washed over the world, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis revealed an inside look at the initial financial fears that gripped the state’s top money managers as they watched tourist revenue dry up virtually overnight. And he outlines Florida’s financial future as the state looks toward a return to normalcy.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Capitolist, Patronis gave an inside look at how his understanding of the pandemic evolved and how his thinking shifted in the pandemic’s earliest days. And he lavishes credit on state leaders and money managers who had the foresight to prepare for disaster.