After a weeklong education tour, Gov. Rick Scott put down a marker Friday night: He wants to avoid funding cuts for public schools next year -- and would like to boost spending, if possible.

But while Scott's stance might turn out to be popular with parents and teachers, he will have to set aside money for education in an overall state budget that is projected to barely break even.

What's more, Scott will have to come to agreement with some fellow Republicans who say they are just as focused -- if not more -- on making sure the state's education money is well spent.

Generation Opportunity, a right-leaning group that polls youth voter sentiment, is out with a new survey that reveals twice as many young adults would rather work on Wall Street as protest it.

Seventy-six percent say the lack of job opportunities is shrinking the middle class, as young adult unemployment remains at 12.7 percent.

"I think this is pretty meaningful," University of Central Florida graduate Joe Chilcott told Sunshine State News Tuesday morning. "We need to work. We need jobs. Protests don't take us in the direction we want to go."

"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,

"Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat."

Those seeking to maintain the status quo in Florida's public schools seem to think they have come up with a winning argument against competition.

Okaloosa County Commissioner James Campbell had planned to retire in the coming weeks from both his elected and city government positions.

Instead, Gov. Rick Scott removed Campbell from office on Monday, hours after the two-term commissioner and longtime Niceville parks and recreation director was arrested for allegedly failing to fully disclose money on his annual Florida Commission on Ethics Public Disclosure of Financial Interests.

On Monday morning, Judge Terry Lewis of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida effectively narrowed the lead of Rep. Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth over Democratic primary rival Rep. Mack Bernard of West Palm Beach.