The folks behind Seven50 swear up and down their "blueprint for growing a more prosperous, more desirable Southeast Florida during the next 50 years" is no reincarnation of widely reviled Agenda 21.

At least once a week somebody asks me how, as a conservative, I can defend such a morally verklempt social pastime as gambling.

Wonder why Charlie Crist isn't in the game yet? Picture a Little League ballfield.

Sneaking like a thief into Florida consumers' pockets comes a proposal from a company looking to triple the current cost of copying patients' medical records.

The Department of Economic Opportunity fired a warning shot across Martin County's bow Wednesday, telling County Commission Chairwoman Sarah Heard in a letter that the county's amended Comprehensive Plan may not be "in compliance," as defined in section 163.3184, Florida Statutes.

(See the complete DEO letter in the attachment below.)

JP Sasser drove 400 miles from tiny Pahokee to Tallahassee for what he thought would be a 20-minute opportunity to address Sen Joe Negron's Select Committee on the Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin.

In the end, as the speaker list increased and Tuesday afternoon wound down, Sasser's 20 minutes was whittled to 10. Nevertheless, the four-term former mayor and lifelong resident of Pahokee -- population a whisker under 6,000 -- made what he called the "priority point" of his trip to the Florida capital: