Just when I thought the day-late-dollar-short Environmental Protection Agency had flushed us Floridians for good, they come up with an act of impeccable timing for the yuk-laden rivers under assault on either side of Lake Okeechobee.

It's hard to imagine No Casinos winning hearts and minds with its new TV and radio ads on Spectrum Gaming's conflict of interest. The ads might fire up the choir a little, but even the No Casinos faithful have dwindled in Florida, a state rolling in games of chance.

Why would county commissioners approve changes to their comprehensive plan they knew would be challenged by a state agency, a constitutional authority and as many as four private stakeholders?

Whenever folks at The Scripps Research Institute in North Palm Beach hit a rock in the road, they're more apt to get a kick in the teeth than a comforting cuddle.

In case you still doubt the Mouse runs the show in Orlando, check out the lobbying contract the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority awarded Wednesday to a Disney "friend" (wink, wink).

Could Florida's liberal media have done any more to teeny-tinyize last week's vote in Colorado recalling a pair of Democrats for supporting a gun-control package? Anybody else notice?

Remove the name and read the story of Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio over the last two years. You would swear you were reading about Gov. Rick Scott.