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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(114,898 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 02:42 PM Mar 2024

The trip to Margaritaville can soon be made on the Jimmy Buffett Highway

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Iconic Florida singer Jimmy Buffet named one of his albums “A1A” in honor of the coastal highway that winds through about 340 miles (545 kilometers) along the state’s Atlantic Coast, and now Florida is about to return the honor.

State Highway A1A will become the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway as soon as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the bill the Senate sent to him Tuesday with a unanimous vote.

“As Jimmy once said, ‘It’s a sweet life living by the salty sea’ and we could not think of a better way to honor him than by memorializing him along Florida’s coastal highway,” said Democratic Sen. Lauren Book, who sponsored the bill.

Buffett, who died in September, wrote songs that drove tourists to the Florida Keys looking for sun, sand and relaxation. Key West earned the nickname “Margaritaville” after his song about wasting away by the sea looking for a lost shaker of salt.

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-buffett-florida-government-tourism-margaritaville-a1a-281633d79c5900144d614b63a2398c63

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The trip to Margaritaville can soon be made on the Jimmy Buffett Highway (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 OP
Buffet campained against DeSantis and was big supporter of Democrats. sop Mar 2024 #1
Meanwhile, all the Floridians that live coprolite Mar 2024 #2

sop

(11,101 posts)
1. Buffet campained against DeSantis and was big supporter of Democrats.
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 03:19 PM
Mar 2024

Buffett sang in Florida for the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and again for Clinton in the White House in August 2000. Buffett wasn't a fan of either DeSantis or Trump. Signing that bill must be driving Ron crazy.

coprolite

(299 posts)
2. Meanwhile, all the Floridians that live
Wed Mar 6, 2024, 07:12 PM
Mar 2024

....along that Coast are trying to find someone, anyone, that will insure their home before the next hurricane 🌀

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