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

On Thursday, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux announced that five state House members were backing his bid for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012. The five representatives are Chris Dorworth of Heathrow, Bill Hager of Boca Raton, Scott Plakon of Longwood, Ray Pilon of Sarasota and Ritch Workman of Melbourne. This brings LeMieuxs total number of endorsements from legislators up to 21.

After Rick Santorum swept contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday, Republican presidential rival Mitt Romneys team increased their fire against him -- much like the Romney camp did against Newt Gingrich after that candidate won the South Carolina primary last month.

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Darlene F. Dickey of Molino to the Escambia County Court. Throughout Darlenes career, she has gained valuable experience listening to all sides of the issues in order to gain the understanding needed to resolve conflicts, Scott stated in a release. Her willingness and ability to apply sound and restrained legal analysis will serve the people of Escambia County well. According to a release from the governor's office: "Dickey, 41, has been general counsel for the Escambia County sheriffs office since 2006.

Sunshine State News is hitting the radio airwaves on Wednesday at 3 p.m. I will be on the Ed Dean radio show, which is hosted by one of the most feisty, informative and entertaining conservatives in Florida. It can be heard online here and on two stations in both Central Florida -- 89.3 FM on the west coast -- and on the Space Coast at 90.3 FM.