Hey Floridians. A link to medical marijuana petition. 82% support, but many signatures needed.
I have been waiting for someone to call or contact me in some way, but no luck. I just did some reading up on this today.
Florida Medical Marijuana Supporters Have Money, Need Signatures And Court Approval
With 82 percent of Florida poll respondents in favor of marijuana-as-medicine, it appears Florida could become the 21st state with medical outlets selling pot, and the first Southern state to get on board. First, though, the court would need to give its approval for the measure to end up on the November 2014 ballot.
In addition, the group behind the movement, People United For Medical Marijuana, will have to come up with 700,000 signatures to get it on the ballot. It claims to already have 500,000.
....This year, People United has taken in $876,302 in campaign donations, according to records. It’s biggest individual supporter has been lawyer John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan in Orlando, who has given $250,000. His firm is ground zero for a lot of the organizing for this medicinal effort. Second place in the individual donor sweepstakes goes to philanthropist and retired pharmaceutical executive Barbara Stiefel, who has dropped $150,000 into the kitty.
John Morgan says he could kick himself for the fact the petition was put on hold while the state Supreme Court heard the case. This article says they need 400,000 signatures, most probably to have a margin of error when the verification begins.
Medical marijuana petition effort racing against time
Orlando lawyer John Morgan has spent a lot of his time and millions of his own dollars to get medical marijuana on the ballot for a vote next year.
But now, according to partner newspaper the Tampa Bay Times, Morgan made a costly mistake that may jeopardize the entire campaign.
United for Care, the group pushing for a constitutional amendment, says it needs about 400,000 more petition signatures and only has a month to get it done.
That may be the result of a Morgan mistake. The longtime attorney said he suspended a paid petition signature-gathering campaign for about a month in the fall. He said the campaign held off while the Florida Supreme Court made a decision on ballot language regarding medical marijuana.
Morgan said he is kicking himself over that decision.
I found the site at which you can fill out the petition, print it off and mail it to the group.
People United for Medical Marijuana
There is a box to sign to get updates on the progress.
Both Democrats running support this issue, Charlie Crist and Nan Rich. Bill Nelson is supposedly standing in the wings to run if needed, and he does NOT support it.
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You can be in favor of something, but you have to say so. 
I get robocalls and other calls about everything else, but not this.
I thought it would be something a forum like this would support.
It worked.
There are many Republicans supporting it. I have been surprised to hear some of the many tea party folks around here express support.
Even though there is great support for it, people have to sign the petition. If they don't get enough signatures it won't matter.
Morgan and Morgan are Democrats to the core. They are also beyond Crist's campaign big time.
I have been surprised at the lack of contact with me over it....I am on so many mailing lists. I guess the Democratic party is not really coming out in support of it though Crist and Rich are.
And of course as usual Bill Nelson is not.
"finger in the wind" Nelson. Very DLC! I would really, really dislike it if he decided to run for Governor. But, I do have to admit that I didn't know about Morgan & Morgan. Actually, I thought they were out of Tampa too.
But I WILL do my best to get this moving. You know we have so many Snow Birds and many have asked me about this issue. My response has always been that I felt Florida would be one of the LAST states to get in the game. Maybe not. Getting rid of Scott would be one block (bloke) out of the way!
Hate to use the word HOPE, but really good to see this out there now.
