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

Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Oviedo, announced on Thursday that she will file a motion in the special session next week to censure Gov. Charlie Crist for calling the session. Our nation faces the effects of out-of-control federal spending and we must not allow the wasteful and unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars to permeate Florida, said Adams. Governor Crist is wasting hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' dollars on an unnecessary special session of the state Legislature, and he should be held accountable for this misuse.

Sen. John Thrasher of Jacksonville, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, won the endorsement of JaxBiz, a political organization backed by the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce. Leaders like John Thrasher are what make Northeast Florida a great place to live, work and play, and we look forward to continuing to work with Senator Thrasher in the Senate, said JaxBiz Chairman Michael Hightower.

Holly Benson, who is running in the Republican primary for the attorney general nomination, offered strong words of support for Attorney General Bill McCollum for joining Arizona to defend that states new immigration laws from a lawsuit backed by the Obama White House.

Staff from former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the favorite to win the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race, went after Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the race as an independent, for calling a special session of the Legislature next week.