TALLAHASSEE -- John Morgan of the Orlando-based mega-law firm Morgan and Morgan helped get medical marijuana legalized and the minimum wage raised to $15 an hour, but that's over.
“The good news for Florida, and the better news for the legislators and the special interests and the Chamber of Commerce in Tallahassee, is John Morgan is done,” Morgan told reporters in a video chat.
Morgan said he won't lead any more petition drives for constitutional amendments and he has no intention of running for public office, saying Governor DeSantis is doing a good job.
Morgan, who spent $6 million successfully pushing Tuesday’s amendment to raise the minimum wage, after leading passage of a 2016 amendment to broadly legalize medical marijuana, said he’s “happy” with the job Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing and doesn’t see himself running for political office or bankrolling another amendment.
Part of the reason is that lawmakers continue to make the citizens’ ballot-initiative process too timely and expensive.
Morgan is 68 and now lives part time in Hawaii.
Information from the News Service of Florida was used in this report.
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