Another conservative organization will be hosting an event in Orlando next week when the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) holds its Presidency 5 event. On Friday, the Florida chapter of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF-FL) announced they would be holding an event on the morning of Friday, Sept. 23 in the Peabody Hotel. Prominent conservative media figure Andrew Breitbart will be attending, as will Florida-based blogger Jordan Raynor and Guy Benson from Townhall.com.

Gov. Rick Scott would prefer to browse a little while overFlorida TaxWatchs proposal to collect tax on Internet sales in Florida. Governor Scott feels this is an issue we need to look at carefully, Scotts spokesman Lane Wright stated in a release Friday. Its important to ensure a level playing field for all businesses without raising the cost of living for Floridians.

On Friday in New Hampshire, former Gov. Jon Huntsman unveiled his latest endorsement -- former Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, best known at the national level for serving as the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush.

Gov. Rick Scott has two key lime pieson the linefor this weekend's college football games featuring Florida State University and the University of Florida. On Facebook, Scott stated he will send Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin a pie if OU wins Saturday in Tallahassee. Scott would receive a Field's pecan pie if FSU prevails. For the UF game, Scott would receive a hickory smoked Benton's bacon from Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.

For the 11th consecutive month, there has been an increase in the number of people who want to work finding a job. However, Florida's unemployment rate held for the third month at 10.7 percent, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Overall, the state workforce grew by .1 percent, 9,900 jobs from July to August. AWI Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo called this an optimistic sign for a state that remains above the national unemployment mark of 9.1 percent.

Moments after Gov. Rick Scott named three members to the Presidential Preference Primary Committee that will meet next week to determine when the Sunshine State will hold its primaries in early 2012, the two leaders of the Florida Legislature named their choices. Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, named two Republican senators -- John Thrasher of Jacksonville and Rene Garcia of Hialeah -- and one Democrat -- Sen. Gary Siplin of Orlando -- to the committee. Thrasher had served as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF).

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his three choices for the state Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee, and all of them were prominent Sunshine State political leaders. Topping the list was former Gov. Bob Martinez, the second Republican to lead Florida during the 20th century. Martinez, who was also mayor of Tampa, was one of the key leaders in the effort to bring the 2012 Republican convention to the Tampa Bay region.

Gov. Rick Scott made two appointments to the 9th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission and three to the 6th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. Kimberly J. Doud and Isaac J. Lidsky were added to the 9th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, while Justin R. Zinzow was reappointed to the 6th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, with Judith DeBella-Thomas and Hugh C. Umsted getting first-time appointments to the same commission.

The calendar for next weeks state legislative committee meetings continues to evolve. A number of legislative and congressional redistricting meetings have been added to Mondays schedule. Earlier this week, the Senate Select Committee on Protecting Floridas Children had been moved to Monday, Sept. 19. The meeting is expected to get all sorts of attention because of the efforts by legislators to create a "Caylee's law" in response to public anger over a jury rendering a not-guilty verdict against the dead girl's mother.

The Sunshine State will host three big football games Saturday, with No. 5 Florida State taking on No. 1 Oklahoma (8 p.m., ABC), Florida entertaining Tennessee (3:30 p.m., CBS) and Miami playing Ohio State at SunLife Stadium (7:30 p.m., ESPN). The much-improved Seminoles are looking for revenge after the shellacking they took at Norman last year, and the Gators-Volunteers match-ups are always feisty.

Florida's Republican congressional delegation solidly supported a measure Thursday that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to close, relocate or transfer employment. Spurred by the controversial NLRB sanctions directed at Boeing's new South Carolina plant, HR 2587 was supported by all Florida GOP congressmen except for Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Orlando, who did not vote. Though eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting aye, all nine of Florida's Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill.

The vote backedthe efforts of Florida manufacturers in favor of the bill, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, that would limit the National Labor Relation Boards power to say where a company set up shop and who they hire. With unemployment at 10.7 percent in Florida, our government should not be creating policies that hurt employers ability to create jobs, Barney Bishop, Associated Industries of Florida president and CEO, stated in a release.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, who represents parts of the Space Coast, weighed in on NASAs unveiling of the design of the Space Launch System. Posey released a statement on Wednesday and he gave the Obama administration mixed marks.

With the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) hosting a straw poll as part of its Presidency 5 meeting next week in Orlando, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is in solid shape in the Sunshine State. Perry topped an Insider Advantage/Florida Times Union poll released on Thursday with 29 percent. Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who has downplayed the P5 straw poll, placed second with 20 percent.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns is increasingly becoming the point man for critics of the Obama administration for sending federal money to Solyndra, a green energy company that has gone bankrupt.