Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, expects to spend some time over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend -- between the turkey and the UF-FSU football game -- assigning committee chairmanships and appointments.

He said he hopes to fulfill as many requests for committee preference appointments from individual senators as possible.

I think people work harder and work better if they're doing what they want to do, not just what someone else wants them to do, Gaetz told reporters during a breakfast meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.