Florida Cabinet to Ride the Giant Slide to Open Florida State Fair

Members of the Florida Cabinet are reportedly going to revive an old Florida State Fair tradition by taking a trip down the Giant Slide located on the midway to mark the opening of the 2012 fair in Tampa on Thursday.

Cabinet members who will take the plunge are not identified.

The slide ride is among the list of items on the agenda for Gov. Rick Scott and other members of the Florida Cabinet -- Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater -- at the monthly Cabinet meeting.

According to a release from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Cabinet members will:

Flip the switch to turn on the lights of the midway.

Tour a museum designed to reflect life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.

Interact with a local elementary school class as they take part in AgVenture, a hands-on learning experience designed to teach children about food and where it comes from.

And, reviving an old fair tradition, the Cabinet members are expected to take a trip down the Giant Slide located on the midway to mark the opening of the fair.

The actual Cabinet meeting is set to begin at 9 a.m. in the Horse Pavilion.

The fair runs through Feb. 20.