Calling Rick Scott a lame duck is like calling Betty White a retired actress.
Until last week, we were hearing the "lame duck" line a lot. The media loved it. But now, except for a growing rumble in the beanstalk, it's gone eerily quiet.
It's been 19 years since investigative reporters Bob Malloy and Will Bourne wrote how money and political influence contributed to the demise of water quality and the seagrass/coral reef ecosystems of Florida Bay and the Florida Keys.
In England they'd say Willie Meggs has the luck of a pox doctor's clerk. Which is really, really unlucky. You would never want to be a pox doctor's clerk.
Medical marijuana entrepreneurs aren't only growers, specialty law practices and assorted vendors. At least one is working to crack one of the toughest nuts -- helping cannabis-friendly doctors feel safe, confident and armed to treat their patients.
And MarijuanaDoctors.com-- also known as Medical Cannabis Network --has just signed up its first Florida physician.
The 70-person St. Lucie County property appraiser's office, led by former Senate President Ken Pruitt, has won the biggest annual award the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) hands out -- the 2014 Distinguished Assessment Jurisdiction Award.
