When you're rich and righteous and "egged on by a witch hunt by the liberal Stuart News," you believe God wants you to "take" land. Apparently.

Whatever you need. Take it.

That's how it appears in Stuart, where hysteria so gripped the Stuart City Commission at its last meeting that it voted to ask government agencies to seize huge tracts of private land owned by sugar and agricultural farmers so it can be flooded to relieve estuary pollution.

Was it only 41 days ago he said what he said? Motown superstar Stevie Wonder -- "Ebony and Ivory" man -- had the cameras rolling in July, after the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case ended, vowing to boycott Florida over the "unjust" not-guilty verdict.

Gov. Rick Scott's office announced Thursday afternoon that on Tuesday the governor and Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, will tour the St. Lucie lock and dam on the St. Lucie River in Stuart -- scene of massive discharges of polluted fresh water, sent east from Lake Okeechobee. The discharges,called "lethal" by local residents, are widely blamed for what ails the now-lifeless St. Lucie Estuary.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports that the overtime bill for Sunday security at the Capitol during the 27th day of the Dream Defenders' sleep-in was $7,407.86. That's for the one night.

Let's see now ...

There were 10 Dream Defenders who spent the night. That makes the OT costs approximately $740.79 for every protester.

Told you Florida Atlantic University still mourns Frank Brogan, its last classy president.

Today The Daily Caller comes out with a story by its education editor telling why the Boca Raton school has "undisputed dominance as quite obviously the worst place in the United States to attend college."

Freshman Republican Rep. Trey Radel of Florida took a poke on the chin Monday morning in a story in the Daily Caller on the handful of congressmen who want to dump summer vacation, stay in Washington and get things done.

Radel, who lives in Fort Myers, has unbreakabe plans at home, apparently.

Dominic M. Calabro, president and CEO of independent government watchdog Florida TaxWatch, was among the first Friday to congratulate Interim Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart.

"Florida TaxWatch welcomes Pam Stewart ... as we continue to stand by our support of the Common Core State Standards and increased accountability measures for Florida's schools," Calabro said in a written release.

The Florida Council of 100 released the following statement Thursday evening from Chairman Marshall Criser III, regarding the resignation of Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett. Here is the statement in full:

"The Florida Council of 100 would like to offer our sincere thanks to Tony Bennett for the time he shared with us in Florida. Though far too brief, our students and our education system are better for his leadership, and we wish Tony and his family all the best in the future.

Finally, movement on the University of South Florida's request to begin the exhumation of remains at the site of the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.

The Florida board of trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund has on its calendar for Aug. 6 a vote on a joint land-use agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection to permit the excavation of human remains on the Dozier property.