Medical Marijuana Backers Blast Florida Developer Trying to Defeat Plan
Everyone knows who defeated medical marijuana in Florida two years ago: casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who single-handedly pumped in millions to pay for scare ads that helped barely keep the amendment below 60 percent approval. But few remember that it was a St. Petersburg-based developer who created the anti-pot group that took Adelson's money.
Now that developer — GOP fundraiser Mel Sembler — is vowing to defeat the new medical marijuana initiative that'll be on this fall's ballot. Sembler has promised to raise at least $10 million to beat the proposal.
Pot backers hit back hard at Mel today, calling him "Mel the Moocher" for funding his last campaign with Adelson's cash and questioning why he's again fighting a plan that reliably polls near 70 percent statewide.
"It’s easy to talk a big game when you’re spending your rich Uncle Shelly’s money, I guess," John Morgan, the...
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