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More out-of-state money: One September 25, 2024, Florida Division of Election campaign documents show that City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow’s One Tallahassee Political Action Committee (PAC) received a $75,000 donation from the Local Jobs and Economic Development Fund located in Delaware.
Stewart: My Position on City Charter Amendments. Provided below are my positions on the five charter amendments proposed by the Tallahassee City Commission that will be on the November ballot.
FLORIDA NEWS
Damages to farmers and ranchers from Hurricane Milton may double the statewide agricultural destruction from three other storms that pummeled Florida since August 2023, according to state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Wilton Simpson.
Roughly 2 in 3 Florida voters plan to vote to legalize recreational pot in November. That’s according to a new poll from the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Public Opinion Research Lab.
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Politico: Law enforcement missed ‘pivotal moments’ to engage Trump gunman, House panel finds. The interim report cited several issues in coordination and planning in the lead up to and during the July 13 rally.
A ferry dock carrying at least 20 people collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight others, with search and rescue efforts ongoing. The collapse—the cause of which is still under investigation—came amid an annual celebration for the island’s descendants of enslaved African Americans.
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Folks have been trying for years and years and years to get people to quit smoking cigarettes and now somebody thinks that legalizing one more thing to smoke is a good idea??? And don’t give me the answer that it’s someone’s choice and let them decide.Smoking is bad…period and it will damage you.
This is different from booze????
Jon-You must be a weed smoker. That would explain your unintelligent response. Marijuana is not just a “plant”. It is a Drug, which causes impairments which lead to violence, car accidents, and many other issues. It should not be legalized. Period.
A few weeks ago, I flew into Nevada, hailed a cab to take me to my hotel. The driver asked me, “Do you want to stop at the dispensary first>” I said “Huh?” He said, “Most people want to stop at a dispensary before they check in to the hotel”.
I’m not easily shocked, but this interaction got me to thinking.
I gave up pot in the late “70’s when I graduated from college and took a corporate job.
I believe folks should be allowed to grow their own plants for personal use…and suffer the consequences if that personal use is abused.
I really cannot support, or vote for, this Amendment. Too many people (Trulieve), (Morgan and Morgan), are going to get richer if the passes.
SHS, freedom. What other reason do you need? The government’s job is to protect you from violence not plants.
I have not smoked pot in 40 years, but if it is to be legalized, you should be able to grow your own, not forced to buy from commercial growers. This is all about them, not you.
I simply cannot understand why anyone wants to legalize recreational marijuana. The states that have already done so have turned into a wasteland. The only thing it will do is pad the pockets of Morgan and Morgan from all the lawsuits from car accidents and Nikki (Weed) Fried who has a personal stake in it. Wake Up People! Vote NO!