The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services wants people to know Florida's seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is good to eat. Starting this week, Charles Bronson & Co.air this ad in the Panhandle promoting the commercial fishing industry.

While it doesn't mention the BP oil disaster by name, it does say, "After a difficult summer, it's a new day in the Gulf." It continues to point out that "Safe, wholesome Florida seafood is available at your local fish market or seafood restaurant."

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, looked to fence in Democrats straying to back Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, by having U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson send a fund-raising e-mail to supporters labeling the governor as a conservative.

Crist may want us to forget he's a conservative Republican, but the past keeps coming back to haunt him, wrote Grayson who included kind words from Crist for Sarah Palin in the e-mail.

Florida TEA Party candidate John Perez was disqualified from the state House District 91 race, but a circuit court judge ruled that TEA could replace him with another name.

Perez's candidacy was challenged on grounds that he allegedly accepted campaign contributions over the prescribed limit. The court did not order Perez's name removed from the ballot, but authorized the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party to name his replacement if he wins Nov. 2.