Gov. Rick Scott bid hasta la vista to Colombia and to the head of the Department of Economic Opportunity this week as state lawmakers held a meet and greet of their own in preparation for the 2013 legislative session.

During a series of introductory committee sessions, lawmakers heard from a host of state agencies and a rabble of tea partiers who shouted down lawmakers in what was later characterized as an overzealous and ill-mannered exhibition of patriotic exuberance.

WASHINGTON -- Americans are justified in feeling numbed by the car alarm of Washington politics.

Something (else) is rotten in the Palm Beach County supervisor of elections office.

Jeb Bushs intentions about re-entering the political arena remain private, even to his two-time gubernatorial running mate.

But if the former Florida governor were to ramp up a run for the White House in 2016, State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan says, as expected, It would be OK with me.Ive said that forever.

I think elected public service needs the guy back, said Floridas 15th lieutenant governor this past week.