Congragulations to those "Cheese-heads" in the Tampa Bay area who were rooting for the Green Bay Packers in last night's Super Bowl.
Today's Rick Scott's tiny version of a Super Bowl: Our guv is unveiling his first budget as the top elected official of Florida, and doing so in the small town of Eustis before a Tea Party-fueled crowd (before returning to Tallahassee and discussing it with members of the media). Interestingly, it will be a two-year plan, as opposed to the traditional annual version that needs to be presented, based on the state's constitution.
And who will be preceding the governor in Eustis today? The Orlando Sentinel provides a list:
Tea Party entertainer Lloyd Marcus, former FBI agent and conservative author Gary Aldrich, and Dr. Jack Cassell, a Mount Dora urologist who drew attention for hanging a sign in his office encouraging patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek treatment elsewhere.
Meanwhile, hearings will continue today in advance of a controversial illegal immigration bill that will be formally introduced in the regular session of the Legislature a month from tomorrow.
CL blogger George Niemann's been away from our blog for awhile, but returned yesterday with news that no other local media group has yet to cover: that former Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair has agreed to settle the charge of accepting illegal campaign contributions in 2008 by signing a consent order and paying a fine of $750. This has all resulted from an ethics charge that Niemann filed with the Florida Elections Commission in '08.
We've got our review of the Sunday talk shows here, which again were highlighted by the outstanding reporting of Christiane Amanpour over at ABC.
And huge media news with the revelation that AOL has purchased Arianna Huffington's Huffington Post for $315 million.
And in a classic ICYMI: Our coverage of a Tampa City Council candidate forum from last Friday is here.
the report here.
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2011.