The main thing wrong with the term limits movement is the "s" at the end of the word "limit."

Almost 40 years ago I covered a meeting of the National League of Cities in Miami and was amused by the astonished, and angry, reactions from delegates from other states when they were briefed on Florida's Government in the Sunshine laws.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is at a record high, and the unemployment rate has ticked down to 7.7 percent, but this is no time to celebrate. The economy is still in the doldrums.

Cafe operators, senior-citizen customers, veterans, even a soup-kitchen priest from Fort Lauderdale pleaded with the Senate Gaming Committee on Monday not to ban Internet cafes in Florida. But the committee voted 11-0 to advance SB 1030, a bill that changes its version of a moratorium on the gaming-arcade businesses to an out-and-out ban.

Committee Chairman Garrett Richter, R-Naples, set the pace when he began the meeting, "Internet sweepstakes have wiggled their way through loopholes long enough."

Three Florida universities head to the NCAA tournament, but it might not be the trifecta people put their money on.

Even though the Gators crumbled in Sundays Southeastern Conference tournament final, the University of Florida was a shoe-in for a spot in the highly-anticipated March hoops tourney.

The Billy Donovan-led team secured a No. 3 seed in the South, and will start its bracket in a game against 14-seed Northwestern State, who entered the Southland Conference tournament as the country's top-scoring team. That game will be held in Austin on Friday.

In an opinion article in the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced that he has changed his mind and now supports same-sex marriage.

Another week, another couple of panhandling emails from Patrick Murphy. This is getting ridiculous.