Nancy Smith

"No more about the beach weather in Florida," pleaded Steelers fan Monte Rafferty. "If you talk about that, I'm hanging up in your ear. ...

Thank God we found out Thursday night that the governor and his guests "dined on mesquite grilled swordfish, corn macque choux, and Florida strawberry shortcake."

Or did they?

During a three-hour meeting Thursday morning with Enterprise Florida, Gov.

Speaker Dean Cannon, Hero

Dean Cannon had the right stage and the right message, but whether the media heard him remains to be seen.

Rep. William Snyder, the quiet, unpretentious legislator who will walk a block out of his way to avoid the limelight, strode into it willingly Tuesday.

Martin Luther King Jr., Hero

As if Gov.

Want a laugh? A couple of legislators are trying to tell us if we want better government, we have to keep them in office longer.

More good policies? More of them.

Rick Scott was little more than a speck in the distance, but Cole Mehone, 38, stood weighted down by his backpack at the far edge of the VIP section, straining to hear every word the newly sworn-in

Dear Charlie,

Take a good look at the Florida Main Street program. It's sneaky clever.

Let's put the so-called "extravagant" inauguration of Florida's 45th governor in a little perspective.

How did Charlie Crist get accepted into the national "No Labels" movement? He lost a high-profile election, that's how.

Forget their pricey new digs for a minute, let's look at something the judges of the 1st District Court of Appeal did right.

Their job.

Take a look at Rick Scott's face as he listens to our lawmakers in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday. What do you imagine he's thinking?