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

As he continues campaigning in his bid to become U.S. House Republican Policy Committee chairman, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack called again for the repeal of new federal health-care laws which were backed by President Barack Obama. Trying to upset U.S. Rep. Tom Price of Georgia to be the fifth in command of House Republicans, Mack forwarded a memo to his colleagues taking aim at the laws on Tuesday.

Outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist says one of his top orders of business is to fill judicial vacancies. With 10 open slots, including five circuit court positions and one appellate court vacancy, conservatives should beware. The guv's appointments have been a mixed bag at the Supreme Court. Two of his most recent picks -- Jorge Labarga and James Perry -- appeared to be affirmative-action hires as they were sent up by the Judicial Nominating Commission per Crist's request for more "diversity."

With bedbugsa real problem in New York, outgoing Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson and state Surgeon General Dr. Anna Viamonte-Ros warned Floridians that the bugscould be a problem in the Sunshine State. Bronson cautioned Floridians on Monday to be careful when trying to fight them and, as they come out at night and are often hard to detect, to bring in licensed contractors to fight them.

The Florida Family Association (FFA), led by executive director David Caton, continues to pressure companies that advertise their products on television shows with controversial content -- taking aim at shows on Spike TV and a branch of Nickelodeon. Spike TVs Blue Mountain State continues to mock Christianity and push the envelope with very explicit material, wrote Caton. One of the new fall episodes of Blue Mountain State is titled Born Again. This episode belittles the confession of sin to God and mocks the relevance of the Christian church.