TALLAHASSEE - Desmond Meade served time for cocaine possession and aggravated battery, but turned his life around and overcame the drug and alcohol addictions that forced him to live on the streets of Miami. Seven years after walking out of state prison, Meade, 44, is in law school and helps run a halfway house for addicts. But what he wants most he cant get: full citizenship and the right to vote. Meade is one of 89,833 people waiting to have their civil rights restored by Gov. Rick Scott and three statewide elected Cabinet members. Hes in for a long wait. Under new rules Scott.
