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    DeSantis signs bill designating Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway

    By News Service of Florida,

    26 days ago
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    Jimmy Buffett performs on NBC's "Today" show, July 29, 2016, in New York. State Highway A1A will become the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway after the signoff of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. [ CHARLES SYKES | Charles Sykes/Invision/AP ]

    TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed bills that will honor the late singer Jimmy Buffett, designating Florida A1A as “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” and creating a “Margaritaville” specialty license plate.

    The highway bill, which lawmakers passed unanimously during the legislative session that ended in March, will attach Buffett’s name to A1A from Key West to the Georgia border.

    “With this road naming, we are paying tribute to Jimmy not only as a musical icon, but also a fierce protector of Florida’s natural treasures and our precious manatees,” Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, a Davie Democrat who sponsored the Senate version...

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