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Guest AuthorFebruary 23, 2015

Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli is right: no one has really made the case to him or anyone that the statutory language of SB 1030, legalizing low-THC medical marijuana, is flawed; but it absolutely is and must be fixed legislatively. I’m willing to accept partial blame here. The conversations surrounding 1030 have largely been driven […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2015

Happy Friday to y’all. So much to talk about in the news this morning … The Tampa Bay Times’ flooded the zone in December with a series of disturbing stories about New Beginnings of Tampa, one of the city’s largest homeless charities, which for years has made money off its residents through its controversial “work therapy” program. The […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2015

This past Friday, St. Petersburg City Council convened for nearly three hours in an attempt to set up regulations to create a legal framework that would require Uber and Lyft to comply with ordinances regarding taxi cabs and limousines. It was the first time that local government had devoted a session to an issue that […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 1, 2015

Imagine a seizure striking without warning while attending your son or daughter’s soccer game, or watching helplessly as your child suffers from a debilitating epilepsy episode. This is the fear that more than 375,000 Floridians and their families face every day following an epilepsy diagnosis: when will the next seizure strike? The mission of the […]

Ryan RayJanuary 23, 2015

A trio of Republican state House members are set to throw a mutual fundraiser at Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox ahead of the legislative session — Sanford’s Jason Brodeur and Majority Leader Dana Young of Tampa for re-election in their respective House seats, and Matt Gaetz of Shalimar for the Florida Senate seat held by his term-limited father, former […]

Ryan RayJanuary 23, 2015

A trio of Republican state House members are set to throw a mutual fundraiser at Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox ahead of the legislative session — Sanford’s Jason Brodeur and Majority Leader Dana Young of Tampa for re-election in their respective House seats, and Matt Gaetz of Shalimar for the Florida Senate seat held by his term-limited father, former […]

Peter SchorschDecember 11, 2014

As the official list of 2015 legislative chairs rolls out, the lion’s share of the attention often goes to those slated to lead high profile, influential committees such as Appropriations and Rules. Yet, the upcoming session will likely be highlighted by a broad range of issues – gaming and the new Seminole Compact, growlers, generic […]

Guest AuthorDecember 7, 2014

In November, Amendment 2, which would have allowed the use of medical marijuana in Florida, garnered just under 58 percent support. It needed 60 percent to pass. While falling short of passage, medical marijuana received a larger share of the vote than has decided the previous eight gubernatorial elections in Florida. The proposal got more […]

James CallDecember 7, 2014

With apologies to Sir Walter Scott, oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to allow marijuana to be used as medicine. Implementing the Charlotte’s Web medical marijuana legislation is at a standstill and may remain that way for some time. Last month an administrative law judge rejected proposed rules drafted by the Department […]

James CallDecember 7, 2014

With apologies to Sir Walter Scott, oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to allow marijuana to be used as medicine. Implementing the Charlotte’s Web medical marijuana legislation is at a standstill and may remain that way for some time. Last month an administrative law judge rejected proposed rules drafted by the Department […]

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