No mojo risin for Sink, McCollum or Charlie

The first of the four Clemency Board meetings this year will be held this Thursday and the case of one James Douglas Morrison is not on the agenda.

That means that time is running out for Gov. Charlie Crist to decide whether or not he wants to grant a posthumous pardon to the now-deceased front man of The Doors.

To recap: When Crist first became governor, longstanding fans of Morrison - a Florida native and Florida State University student - hoped that he could finally get his record cleared. They want the state to wipe out Morrison's conviction for indecent exposure that stemmed from a notorious concert at a  Coconut Grove auditorium in 1969. It was during this concert that a drunken Morrison allegedly attempted to masturbate on stage.

Morrison was sentenced to six months in jail but he died at the age of 27 in a Paris bathtub while his case was still on appeal. Back in 2007 Crist  - who sang a couple of lines of "Light My Fire" - said he was seriously considering a pardon. When asked last summer, Crist said that he would give it a "little thought."

Prodded about it again back in December, Crist said "maybe." Meanwhile, the only other member of the Cabinet who has expressed any solid thoughts about it is Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson. Bronson has said he is willing to consider a pardon, while Attorney General Bill McCollum said he would not talk about it. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said back in December that she did not know who Jim Morrison was. Sink has said since that she does know who The Doors were and does recall their songs.

Comments

[Citizen]

I'm pro-pardon.

Can I get a Lizard King/MyFLorida.com license tag?

http://rokanroll.blogspot.com/2006/08/hwy-american-pastoral.html

[Tex's Big Beat]

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered
They are saying, "Forget the night.
Live with us in forests of azure.
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars
Out here we is stoned - immaculate."

[Brant H.]

Glad to know that you're holding our state government accountable, Gary!

Here's a bit of trivia: The infamous exposure incident occurred (or didn't occur, depending on your point of view and who you believe) in what was, at that time, the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove. It was later refurbished and became the Coconut Grove Convention Center, which closed several years ago due to poor revenues.

The building is now used as a soundstage for shooting episodes of Burn Notice. The interiors of Michael's loft and his mom's house are filmed there, among other scenes.

So, you can ogle Gabrielle Anwar while imagining the spirit of The Lizard King, all at the same time. I say it's a win-win.