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

On Tuesday, after finishing third place in the Presidency 5 straw poll in Orlando, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, one of the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, unveiled his team to lead his efforts in the Sunshine State. This is the team that will beat President Obama in Florida, said Katie Packer Gage, Romneys deputy campaign manager, in a statement released on Tuesday morning. This team will be critical as Mitt Romney campaigns across Florida spreading his pro-growth message and working to bring jobs back to the state.

Via Twitter on Monday,Gov. Rick Scott congratulatedtwo Florida companies for landing contracts with NASA: FLGovScott Rick Scott Two FL Companies won NASA contracts! Hunton Brady Architects & FIGG Bridge Engineers. Congrats! http://1.usa.gov/mYSzVu http://1.usa.gov/nf61wyNASA awarded contracts to Hunton Brady Architects, P.A. of Orlando and FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. of Tallahassee."

No timeline has been set for Gov. Rick Scott to release his priorities for the 2012 legislative session, but its been reported to be close. The Sun-Sentinel reported last week that his agenda for the coming session would be ready shortly after the GOPs Presidency 5 event last week in Orlando.

At least one member of the Congressional Black Caucus didn't care for Barack Obama's challenge to the group this past weekend. "President Obama's comments at the CBC dinner Saturday evening, telling the black community to 'stop complaining,' were disrespectful and reprehensible," said U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation. "With unemployment in the black community at 16.7 percent, Food Stamp enrollment up, and our national poverty rate at epic proportion, the people have a constitutional right to redress their grievances to the government.