Anna Maria legalizing sandwich board signs

ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria is revising its sandwich board sign regulations. On Feb. 22, City Attorney Becky Vose presented on first...

Hemp, CBD regulations to be revisited

ANNA MARIA – The mayor and city commission plan to review and potentially amend a city ordinance that prohibits the sale of hemp and...

Vacation rental bills in jeopardy

TALLAHASSEE – Two vacation rental bills working their way through the Florida Legislature are not yet identical matching bills and time is running out...

Form 6 lawsuits filed

FLORIDA – The Weiss Serota law firm has filed two lawsuits challenging the Form 6 financial disclosure requirements now placed on all Florida mayors,...

Craft fair prompts CBD sales discussion

ANNA MARIA – Because she sells CBD products, Edibles N More owner Mel Wendel wasn’t allowed to partici­pate in the Feed the Island art...

Joe Hendricks

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