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

"Please pass the saltshaker -- er, I mean, the file!" According to the Daily Caller, Allen West and other congressmen booted out by voters last month have been evicted from their regular offices and are now working out of cubicles set up in the House cafeteria. "Go looking for the outgoing members of Congress in their offices, and you might find only the cleaning crew," says the Caller.

U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, who has been part of a push to make NASA more independent by having the top administrator appointed for 10-year missions, has been appointed to the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The committee has jurisdiction over NASA, space exploration, aerospace, energy research and development, and marine research.

As the Florida Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on theconstitutionalityof red light camera citations issued before July 2010, Collier County has decided to nix the devices altogether, replacing them with longer yellow light times:

The governors office highlighted a sharp increase in the number of online job openings in science, technology, engineering and math- (STEM) related fields. In November, there were 65,825 postings for jobs in those STEM fields, nearly 14 percent higher than one year earlier. As Floridas economy continues to grow, demand for STEM-related fields is increasing. Today, STEM jobs advertised online are up by nearly 14 percent from last year, providing tens of thousands of job opportunities for Florida families, Scott stated in a release on Thursday.