After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee, called the acquittal of terror suspect Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani on 280 counts of murder and conspiracy a "disaster." The Obama administrations decision to give a foreign terrorist the same rights and privileges as American citizens has proven to be disastrous, and this verdict sets a terrible precedent," said Rooney, R-Tequesta.

Speaking at Altamonte Springs on Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist praised the Seminole Tribe of Florida for donating $1.75 million to the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling. I am grateful for Floridians like the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling who give their time and resources to support and educate their fellow Floridians, said Crist. My administration has worked closely with the Seminole Tribe of Florida for three years and they have remained steadfastly committed to the betterment of our state.

On Wednesday, outgoing U.S. Sen. George LeMieux grilled Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole at a U.S. Senate Transportation, Science, and Commerce Committee hearing on the TSAs new security procedures -- including a pat-down process that critics have called extremely invasive. The outgoing senator, who is considering running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, agreed with the critics.

Roy B. Dalton Jr., partner in the law firm of Dalton & Carpenter in Orlando and of counsel in the Carlyle Appellate Law Firm in The Villages, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Dalton has spent 33 years as a civil litigator, primarily as a sole practitioner and in small partnerships in the Orlando area.He served as counsel to then-U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez from 2005 to 2006.