Quite honestly, other than the board’s approval of the controversial 15 percent tuition differential increase (which the Board of Governors approved, but decreased to 13 percent on June 21), the BOT rarely creates any controversy. But then the BOT abused their power by violating Florida’s Sunshine Law during the June 19 main, or plenary, meeting.

A petition requiring 1,442 John Hancocks is all Jacksonville Beach citizens need to take a step toward being Florida’s first city to decriminalize marijuana. Now, an underground movement is working...