Big Sugar wants Florida lawmakers to make its critics shut up

By: Craig Pittman

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 2,043

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Signs at our state line now welcome visitors to “the Free State of Florida,” but some members of our fine Legislature are working reeeeeally hard to make those signs a lie.

They want to take away our sweet freedom to talk smack about Big Sugar.

Legislators are almost always eager to please the sugar industry. This Florida business behemoth employs tons of lobbyists and hands out campaign contributions more generously than a float full …

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