Senate President-designate Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, supported the efforts to clean non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls and criticized South Florida voting, while on the radio Tuesday morning. With four civil rights groups posed today in Washington to announce a third lawsuit against Floridas registered voter review, Gaetz said Gov. Rick Scott is doing the right thing to make sure everyone who is qualified can vote, while on the Fort Walton radio station WFTW 1260 AM.

As Sunshine State News reported last week would happen, on Tuesday, national conservative organization FreedomWorks announced thats its PAC was backing U.S. Rep. Connie Mack for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fl. .

Florida Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Ft. Lauderdale, and Rep. Ana Rivas Logan, R-Miami, have been named 2012 Legislators of the Year by the Florida Retail Federation.

The applicant process remains underway for the new Florida Polytechnic University trustees, with no appointments being considered this week by the State Board of Governors. Meanwhile, community and business leaders in Polk County that have supported the split of the University of South Floridas Lakeland campus into its own school, have launched a website -- www.floridapolyvision.com -- to combat the criticism that has been heaped on the new state university.

Walt Disney Co. will begin shipping through JaxPort, Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday. Scott, along with Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, joined Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown for the announcement that the Central Florida entertainment mecca would bring its merchandise through the northeast Florida port. More to come.

It wasn't sloppy work in her shop, oh, no. As always with the accident-prone Palm Beach County supervisor of elections, sending a new voter card to a high-profile felon was someone else's fault.

Jonathan Karl over at ABC News threw some cold water on Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubios prospects of ending up as Mitt Romneys running mate. Karl is reporting that Rubio has not yet been vetted by the Romney camp. Knowledgeable Republican sources tell me that Rubio is not being vetted by Mitt Romneys vice presidential search team. He has not been asked to complete any questionnaires or been asked to turn over any financial documents typically required of potential vice presidential candidates, Karl wrote.

Already removed from the bench, former Orange-Osceola circuit judge, N. James Turner has been suspended from practicing law for 90 days. The Florida Supreme Court issued the order on Monday. The conditional guilty plea and consent judgment for discipline are approved and respondent is suspended from the practice of law for 90 days, the court order stated. Respondent has advised that he has not commenced practicing law in the months since he was removed from his judicial office; therefore this suspension is effective immediately.

Looking to topple a fellow congressional Republican -- U.S. Rep. John Mica -- in one of the most closely watched primaries in the nation, U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams took aim at the immigration policy that President Barack Obama unveiled on Friday.

U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fl, is facing one of the most intriguing primary contests in the nation when takes on U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Fl, in August. ?Adams is looking to position herself to Mica's right--but he shows no signs of making it easy for her. Mica looked to score points with conservatives on Monday as he came out swinging against the immigration reforms announced by President Barack Obama last week.

Another lawsuit will be filed against the states effort to clean non-U.S. citizens from the list of registered voters. Four voting and civil rights groups -- Fair Elections Legal Network, Project Vote, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the Advancement Project -- released a statement Monday that they will hold a media conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to announce the lawsuit. The lawsuit will seek statewide protection for eligible voters from being purged from the voter rolls, a release from the groups stated.

The governors office posted a twitter pic of Gov. Rick Scott on horseback at the Williamson Cattle Co. in Okeechobee, where he is spending the day as part of his Lets Get to Work day.

?Former Senate President Tom Lee continues to gain the backing of the Republican leadership for his return to Tallahassee. While Lee faces Rep. Rachel Burgin, R-Tampa, in the Republican primary for a state Senate seat, a host of prominent GOP leaders continue to endorse him. On Monday, state CFO Jeff Atwater, who served as Senate president himself before running for his current post in 2010, announced that he was backing Lee.

Republican congressional hopeful Ron DeSantis, running in a new district stretching from outside of Jacksonville south to Volusia County, won the support of prominent national conservative leaderPhyllis Schlafly and the Eagle Forum PAC on Monday.

While Mitt Romney has won enough delegates in the primaries and caucuses to claim the Republican presidential nomination, Ron Paul continues to pick up delegates for when the GOP holds its convention in Tampa come August. Paul picked up 21 out of 25 delegates up for grabs at conventions in Iowa over the weekend. Rick Santorum, who nosed out Romney to win more popular votes than any of the other candidates in Iowa, pulled out of the race earlier in the election cycle.