Florida campaign for medical marijuana gets financial backers

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Florida campaign for medical marijuana gets financial backers

By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida | Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:30am EDT

(Reuters) - Two top Democratic fundraisers in Florida have committed to providing the money and know-how to get the question of legalizing medical marijuana on the state ballot in 2014.

"I'm prepared to keep raising money and writing checks until I get the signatures to put it on the ballot," attorney John Morgan said late on Tuesday.

Morgan, who routinely hosts presidents and national political figures at his Orlando-area home, recently signed on as chairman of People United for Medical Marijuana-Florida, a grassroots campaign that operated on a shoestring until now.

Morgan was recruited by Ben Pollara, a lobbyist and fundraiser for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Pollara recently became treasurer of the medical marijuana campaign.

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[Bennyboy]

1. That's awesome right there...

Money is the key thing. Out here in CA the Feds busted Richard Lee (and Oaksterdam) to ensure that signatures were not gathered for the last initiative in 2012. And without that money (he was poised to contribute a million dollars) the measure never made the ballot. And now with the 2014 initiative we are having trouble raising money to gather signatures as well.