John Morgan

The group’s chief operating officer said the Dreamers still have more than $1 billion in team acquisition capital under letters of intent as it continues pursuit of the Rays or any other MLB team.

Dr. Rick Workman, once the Orlando group's primary financier, is now the third largest investor in the assemblage planning to keep the team in Tampa Bay. Law firm owner John Morgan says he is also out.

The Orlando group said it has a lender for the largest and safest portion of the money needed to buy a baseball franchise. Known as senior debt, it makes it easier and cheaper for the Dreamers to borrow.

Fried talks about possibly opening the Democratic primaries to independent voters, the power of talking to people where they live and rebranding a party that hasn't had a governor elected since Lawton Chiles in 1994.

With the team negotiating a deal that would make relocation unlikely, the lawyer and investor in the Orlando Dreamers says "the Tampa area does not compare with Orange County" for baseball.

John Morgan, who is semi-retired to Hawaii, has teased a run for governor for years but isn't advocating for the Republican or Democratic parties. Pizzo dropped his party affiliation after stepping down as Senate Democratic leader on April 24.

Famous billionaire personal injury attorney John Morgan has been publicly floating the idea of running for governor in 2026.

John Morgan has already cut a series of commercials to support Amendment 3. But don’t expect him to pump millions of his own dollars into the campaign as he did for the medical marijuana amendment.

A pair of new legislative proposals would place a 10 percent THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 16 percent in other medical-marijuana products, excluding edibles.

Amendment 2, which will raise Florida’s minimum wage to $10/hour in 2021 and to $15/hour in five years, was approved by 61% of voters.

Panelists at a virtual meeting Friday discussed Amendment 2, which would raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026.

Joe Gruters and Chris Sprowls, both legislators from the greater Tampa Bay region, say the increase would have dire consequences on local businesses.