Economic
Article #1: "Prepare for cannabis growth, not 'green rush' in Florida, Colorado pot czar warns"
Where: Miami Herald.2 State of Florida
What: The implementation of the cannabis industry will be nothing like the gold rush because it takes investment and time. Government rules determine exactly how successful it will be.
Who: Grows and producers, business, users and customers
Difficulty to Exploit: The more people who become on board and vote toward marijuana legality the easier it will be for business to explode. More support means that Florida can be just as successful as other states have been economically who allow the commercial use of marijuana. Treating it as a crop rather than anything else will allow for more investment.
Article #2: "FPL preaches major solar expansion - but only under its control documents show"
Where: Miami Herald.3
What: The demand for solar power has gone up, kept the FPL costs down, and given more profit
Who: Businesses, investors, customers
Difficulty to Exploit: Everyone is about the environment friendly wave. They just don't realize how much money it is costing them.
Regulatory
Article #1: "Trump's immigration policies keep more than 20,000 Cubans in limbo"
Where: Miami Herald; Between Cuba and the United States.
What: Families have waited years to be reunited only to be delayed even longer because of the Trump administration. Because of this reduction in staff, the U.S. has not met its quota for the visas they provide to those Cuban immigrants who try to leave the country because of the dictatorship that has been there. Not only has this slowed the process down, the administration has also put more restrictions in place.
Who: Families, children, immigrants, views of US citizens toward the administration, refugees
Difficulty to Exploit: I feel it is an easy problem to get support from people but it is not an easy problem to change. The power is really in the government and Trump to make actual change and the only thing people can do is ruin the government's reputation and morale of the country.
Why: I see this as an opportunity because I have had family who were once immigrants. The people who migrate to the US are only looking for better lives that their home country wasn't able to provide. It hits home because my grandparents and aunts/uncles did the same. If they were restricted or separated from us, I could only imagine the strain it would put on the children and the family altogether.
Article #2: "Teachers have enough stress. Arming them will only make it worse - much worse"
Where: Miami Herald.1; Throughout Florida
What: Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that allows teachers to be armed in public school classrooms. In a panic from all the recent school shootings, it was obvious that change needed to happen.
Who: The schools themselves, the teachers, the students, the parents/families, the communities
Difficulty to Exploit: Like the last regulatory problem I proposed, it all leads back to the government. There are already so many people, especially in Florida, that opposed this kind of bill and districts themselves are already denying it. We leave this type of decision to the government and in my opinion it abuses the power.
Why: I live 10 minutes from MSD and I felt what the entire community felt that day. By all means I would love a solution, but we most definitely know that this isn't that solution.
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