Vague cannabis comments from Adam Putnam highlight news-free Q&A

In a Facebook Q&A Thursday, Adam Putnam came closest to making news in discussing medical marijuana, albeit briefly and with no traceable scent of policy position.

In his last Q&A, Putnam noted, he called for a Special Session on the subject. And it came to pass.

With the Special Session wrapped, Putnam is “glad the elected officials” rather than “unelected bureaucrats” set up rules.

“I want to make sure Florida doesn’t turn into California or Colorado,” Putnam added regarding the future of cannabis, the vague red meat belying any hint that he has spent his entire life in one policy-making position or another.

Putnam didn’t address the controversy about “smokable” marijuana not being included in the new rules, and contentions from such as John Morgan that the pending law flies in the face of Amendment 2.

On or off the subject of cannabis, Putnam truncated any specific policy detail, in favor of the kind of big-picture blandishments road-tested in his campaign appearances elsewhere.

In a political climate that privileges the outsider pitch, Putnam — as has been the case during this campaign — hewed closely to the accomplishments and mindset of the Rick Scott era, and Scott-esque rhetoric suffused by an almost incantatory blandness.

Putnam asserted that Florida should be the most “veteran … military … and senior” friendly state, a position that no one really could disagree with.

Regarding schools, teachers should get the “honor” they deserve and “great principals” to work with.

Putnam also asserted that he’s a “true conservative” on issues such as the 2nd Amendment; limited government, said Putnam, would make Florida the “launchpad for the American dream.”

A surprising amount of questions for a midday Q&A focused on policy minitua about being Commissioner of Agriculture, allowing for such as epic digressions into the role of the Florida Forest Service.