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

The Orlando Sentinel reports on at least one unintended consequence of a105-page bill introduced last year by Rep. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and passed by the Florida Legislature. The measure requires foreign visitors to be inpossessionof an "International Driving Permit" in order to lawfully drive vehicles in Florida. In response to concerns raised by the tourism industry and by the international community, theDepartment of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is delaying implementation of the law, which might violate the 1949Geneva Convention on Road Traffic.

Did you know Carole Crist has two children by her ex-husband Todd Rome? Probably not. How would you? Neither she nor her husband Charlie are ever seen with them. And that's the problem now. Carole apparently has "mommy issues" -- as in "I don't want to be one."

Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, will give a preview of the 2013 legislative session during the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange 2013 Annual Dinner tonight at Michaels on East in Sarasota.

Former U.S. congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack, R-Fla., has taken to the pages of The Hill to condemn President Obama's drone campaign, along with his administration's policy to resort to "remote control assassination" of suspected terrorists, even if they are American citizens who have not been convicted in a court of law.