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Today a coalition of law enforcement, business leaders, constitutional law attorneys, doctors, other medical professionals, and parents launched the Vote No on 2 campaign to defeat “the pot smoking ballot initiative, Amendment 2, euphemistically called ‘medical marijuana.’ ” The campaign unveiled its new website – www.VoteNo2.org — that features a video and important information that unmasks Amendment 2 for what it is – a cleverly veiled attempt to legalize marijuana in Florida for anyone and for any reason. “I’m a…

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With all that he is doing to continue the renaissance taking place in St. Petersburg, developer and music impresario Bill Edwards deserved a more respectful response from Rick Kriseman’s administration after he asked for repairs to be made to the facility where Edwards’ Rowdies soccer club play their home games. In a letter to the city and during conversations with reporters, Edwards outlined the issues he has with Al Lang Stadium. Among the complaints:  broken seats, locker room flooding and…

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In an entirely unsurprising move, lawyers — particularly trial lawyers — have begun lining up with campaign donations for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist. Less expected was a jump in support from the chiropractic business, which provided tens of thousands of dollars to Crist’s campaign in April, according to recently filed fundraising reports. Both chiropractors and their practices gave at least $112,000 to the campaign last month, part of Crist’s overall total of nearly $928,000 taken in. However, the $112,000…

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A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. ***Sunburn is sponsored by Tucker/Hall – one of Florida’s leading public affairs and public relations firms.*** IF YOU READ ONE THING — FACTORY JOBS FLOW BACK TO AMERICA by Don Lee of Tribune Washington Bureau   U.S. factory payrolls have grown for four straight years, with gains totaling about 650,000 jobs. That’s a small fraction of the 6 million lost in the previous decade, but it still marks the biggest and longest stretch of…

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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has renewed efforts to tackle one of the St. Petersburg’s biggest problems — homelessness. Beginning with an in-depth analysis of the issue, the mayor has spearheaded a new program to help homeless citizens stay off the streets and obtain city services. According to the 2013 Pinellas County Point-in-Time count, issued by the Homeless Leadership Board, there are as many as 7,000 residents countywide living on the streets on any given night. To get a grasp of the scope…

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The Charlotte Harbor Visitor & Convention Bureau has paid Tampa-based Research Data Services, Inc. to study the economic impact of Tampa Bay Rays’ spring training on Charlotte County, and it came up with $21 million this year. Over at The Shadow of the Stadium blog, Noah Pransky is skeptical, to say the least: (S)pring training can be a big draw – just ask Lee County, which draws thousands of visitors from Boston and Minnesota each spring. However, there’s no doubt the…

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Driving in Florida is about to get just a little easier. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has entered a data-sharing partnership with Waze (www.waze.com), a free navigation app that uses real-time information from a community of millions of drivers to outmaneuver traffic. FDOT and Waze will cross-license traffic data to each other to enhance the ability to provide needed traffic information to Florida motorists. Waze is a smartphone app that connects drivers to one another, creating a series of…

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