In 1997, Alternative Media Inc. also purchased the San Antonio Current;[9] by 1998, the company was entertaining multiple offers for its stable of weeklies.

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Rick Scott who took office in 2011,[15] as well as recent legislative efforts to pass laws that infringe on women's rights.

[16] In 2007, the paper ran afoul of Orlando's Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation when they staged a raid on the publication and arrested three of its advertising representatives for allegedly supporting prostitution.

[17] Daniel Aaronson, a longtime Fort Lauderdale criminal defense lawyer and First Amendment specialist, called the arrests and police actions "incredibly repugnant."