Sean Shaw, a local attorney, pointed out that this revenue could address various critical needs.
"There’s infrastructure need, there’s education need, there’s behavioral studies need, there’s mental health funding, there’s juvenile justice issues," he said.
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Jake Hoffman, a business owner and executive director of Tampa Bay Young Republicans, is also on board with legalizing cannabis for adults in Florida.
"If this money is able to offset even just a little bit and put more money back directly into the average Floridian’s pockets, then I’m for that," he said.
"If that marijuana passes, this will smell like marijuana. Like when you go outside, it will," he said at a Wednesday press conference.
The governor drew applause from one faction and derisive remarks from another when he said the following at the same news conference: "I think you’re going to see people — you’ll be able to bring what, 20 joints to an elementary school."
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