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

Businessman Herman Cain spoke on Saturday afternoon at the Republican Party of Floridas (RPOF) Presidency 5 event in Orlando. Cain weighed in on economic issues and pushed his 9-9-9 plan for lower personal and corporate income taxes and a national sales tax.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that her office joined a lawsuit Friday with Nebraska and five other states to challenge a federal air pollution rule she said could cost residents and utility companies millions of dollars. Once again the EPA has imposed costly regulations on Florida based on a flawed process and without first working cooperatively with our state, Bondi said. "We will continue to protect Florida consumers and businesses from unnecessary and costly federal regulation. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Businessman and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has had a strong showing at the Republican Party of Floridas (RPOF) Presidency 5 event and is looking for more momentum on Saturday at the straw poll in Orlando. Cains efforts have gotten him the backing of a very prominent Florida legislator -- Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood. Plakon, who represents parts of Orange and Seminole counties, endorsed Cain on Friday.

Barack Obama's promises to "save" education jobs are getting more fantastic by the day. In 2010, the administration predicted that its $10 billion teacher-union bailout would save 9,200 teacher jobs in Florida. Now the White House is predicting another, somewhat smaller, bailout could save 280,000 teacher jobs nationwide. Obama & Co. said the first stimulus would support jobs by providing enough funds to modernize 485 schools in Florida. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics