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

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, was on cable news Friday morning announcing his plans to introduce legislation to suspend the $2 billion a year the U.S. spends in aid to Egypt in protest of Mohamed Morsis apparent power-grab. He added that with the U.S. on the brink of its own fiscal cliff the nation needs to reassess all $52 billion a year spent in foreign aid.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam will present Florida-grown Christmas trees for the entrances to the Capitol offices of Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater on Tuesday. Each year, Florida's 100 tree-farms harvest approximately 14,000 trees, which earns the state more than $2 million in cash receipts, a release from Putnams office stated. The trees were grown by Franco and Sigrid Camacho of the Bavarian Christmas Tree Farm in Tallahassee.

Florida Rep. Alan B. Williams, D-Tallahassee, has become the third Democrat to throw his hat into the ring for House speaker for the 2015-2016 sessions. Williams joins Rep. Mia Jones, D-Jacksonville, who formally filed on Wednesday, and Rep. Daryl Rouson, D-Tampa, in the contest that is more likely to be for minority leader.

If the American Conservative Union is going to rank Jack Latvala more conservative than Joe Negron, it's lost credibility with me and I'll bet a lot of other Republicans.