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

State Reps. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, and Darren Soto, D-Orlando, want Sen. Alan Hays removed from the Senate Committee on Reapportionment. In a letter to Senate President Mike Haridopolos, Soto described Hays' comments about a Latino legislative district as "anti-Hispanic." "It seems to indicate that we are somehow unworthy of voting and of having representation," Soto wrote. Cruz wrote:

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, who last week joined a crowded Republican primary field to replace Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, has become the 30th congressman to demand the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder over the "Operation Fast and Furious" gun program that allowed weapons purchased in the United States to end up in the hands of violent Mexican drug cartel, the Daily Caller website is reporting. According to the news site, Mack said late Tuesday that "Eric Holder should resign Fast and Furiously."

California businessman and former Reagan aide Fred Karger is calling for a boycott of Florida orange juice because of the early primary. Karger, who is also running for president as a Republican, is calling for the boycott to last for 30 days -- starting Nov. 1-- or "until Florida officials come to their senses."

A year out from the 2010 Election, Gov. Rick Scott says hes enjoyed the process of solving problems in governing. I really enjoy trying to solve problems, thats what you do in business, Scott told reporters Tuesday. You sort of try to solve problems, that is one of the more enjoyable things about this. While he has been officially in office since Jan. 4, 2011, Scott added there are two differences with the current job and his former ones in the private business sector. One is driving. He doesnt drive as governor.