Good morning! If your Tuesday didn't include contemplation of a run for higher political office or cheering on a cruel and unlawful south-of-the-border tradition, you probably won't see your own name below.
Rick Scottsigned off on a new state budget— after cutting out a butt-ton of items only a complete Scrinch (half-Scrooge, half-Grinch, derf) would even halfway consider unnecessary. How many times a day do orphans need to eat anyway?
Former Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern and current St. Petersburg City Councilwoman Darden Rice, both progressive Democrats, have both expressed interest in running for Republican U.S. Congressman David Jolly's seat, should Jolly vacate it to run for the Senate seat previously occupied by one Marco Rubio. "I'm really excited about this," said Future Me in six months, when it begins to approach relevance.
While investigating an explosion in Tarpon Springs, authoritiesfound multiple guns, pieces of dubious law enforcement identification and a whole lot of explosives in the home of an 85-year-old suspect. Oh, and by "an explosion," I meant "a live grenade that was thrown over a fence into a neighbor's yard, and detonated." The fist-shakey curmudgeon on your block desperately needs to up his game.
And finally, several Winter Haven idiotswere busted for running a cockfighting ring after they ordered a pizza during a bout, and the delivery guy sold them out. There are some things you just can't get high enough to overlook, apparently.