Bad Rumor Report:

In December, I repeated a Tampa Bay Times story that Audubon of Florida Executive Director Eric Draper is considering a run for commissioner of agriculture on the Democratic ticket in 2014.

But I caught up with Eric on another matter on Friday. He emphatically wanted me to know -- and tell the world -- that he is NOT running for Adam Putnam's job.

PolitiFact, fact-checking vehicle of the liberal Tampa Bay Times, awarded its No. 1 "pants on fire" of 2012 to Republican Mitt Romney (of course -- PolitiFact's 'Lie of the Year' awards invariably go to Republicans). Romney said Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China.

Whatever happens, prekindergarten special education teacher Alex Lopes -- Florida 2013 Teacher of the Year -- is already a winner. But on Thursday he found out he's one of four finalists for the prestigious National Teacher of the Year award.

When offered a chance to compete on "Dancing With the Stars," the former first lady of Massachusetts Monday said thanks-but-no-thanks.

Ann Romney was approached, but she declined, a Romney spokesman said on Monday. She will not be appearing on Dancing with the Stars.

The Florida Medical Association, silent rather than actively supportive of dispensing physicians in the workers' comp fight last year, may be poised to take a more proactive role in the issue during the 2013 legislative session.

A new report from the state Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) points to continued interference by insurance carriers into the doctor-patient relationship.

Since re-election, Bill Nelson has been doing what Bill Nelson does best: file pointless bills and keep quiet about them, hoping no one will notice.

In December, in the waning days of the 112th Congress, Florida's senior senator introduced as new legislation S 3712, a bill to authorize the minting of a coin in honor of the Centennial of Boys Town. He said he hoped the bill would be considered last Friday.

Last Friday? Why? It's all over for the 112th Congress.

Anti-gun folks aren't going to like this, but facts are facts. These come from the FBI via Breibart.com and Fox Nation.

Seems more people are killed with hammers and clubs each year than with rifles. By far.

Check out the numbers from 2005 through 2011:

Independent pollster Scott Rasmussen says voters are evenly divided in their views of the last-minute fiscal cliff deal reached by President Obama and Congress.

But he says very few expect government spending to go down as a result; and one out of two predicts taxes on the middle class will go up.

Here's some respite for Tallahassee and Washington watchers temporarily fed up with post-election politics:

"StoneZone's Sixth Annual Ten Best and Worst Dressed Men and Women in the World for 2012"(Huffington Post). Definitely a nonpartisan undertaking.

Trust dapper Roger Stone, indeed a legendary American Republican political consultant, to suck us so engagingly into his second (or is it his first?) greatest passion, sartorial elegance.