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President Obama joins in jokefest with GOP’s Scott Walker at Gridiron dinner

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Getting older changes a guy, President Barack Obama says, and he admits he’s getting crankier. “Next week I’m signing an executive order to get off my lawn,” Obama joked Saturday night at the Gridiron Club and Foundation’s annual dinner. On top of that, the nation’s graying chief executive says he’s having trouble now with his morning cup of joe. “Coffee really disagrees with me these days,” he says, “which is why John Boehner just invited coffee to address the joint…

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Lucy Morgan: Scott gets an F for openness, an A for secrecy

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Some governors are slow learners. Gov. Rick Scott is beyond slow. He doesn’t learn. He doesn’t appear to care about public access to records, meetings and information traditionally available to Floridians. Most governors have a bit of trouble getting used to working in the fishbowl of state government, particularly if they won election without stopping off in another elected office that operated in the Florida sunshine. Take Gov. Jeb Bush. His first day in office was a disaster from a…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers Tampa Bay Times — Dark clouds over government in the sunshine There are the familiar, such as the annual attempt to keep secret the names of applicants to become university presidents. There are the new, such as the broad public records exemption sought for videos from body cameras worn by police. There are the unnecessary, such as efforts to keep email addresses secret. And there are the downright odd, such as…

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Takeways from Tallahasee – No shortcuts

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There are no shortcuts to be had on the drive between St. Petersburg and Tallahassee. It’s either up and down I-75 and left/right on I-10 or north and south on U.S. 19. Either route takes about over four and a half hours to complete. Of the nearly five hundred times I’ve journeyed to and from the Capital City, I’ve almost always taken the “scenic route” along the Suncoast Parkway to Brooksville, where I then pick up U.S. 19. When the wind is…

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Obama set to help skewer politicos Saturday night at DC’s annual Gridiron political dinner

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President Barack Obama is preparing to skewer some of his political opponents at the 130th annual Gridiron Club dinner. The white-tie event is bringing Washington journalists and public figures together for a Saturday night of laughter at the expense of the capital’s personalities and issues of the day. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, is set to speak for the Republicans. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is handling the duties for the Democrats. The Gridiron is the oldest…

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Jerry Brown says Republican governors like Rick Scott are welcome for jobs visits

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Gov. Jerry Brown has a message for Republican governors planning to visit California to woo business from the state: Welcome. Gov. Rick Scott is the latest governor to say he’s planning a recruiting trip to California. A letter he sent to shipping companies in the state takes shots at Brown’s “tax and spend administration.” Brown, a Democrat, says the governors should “come on out and make your case” but California is growing faster than the national average. Brown cited a…

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Going full circle for math and pastries on a special Pi Day

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Saturday is the day when love of math and a hankering for pastry come full circle. Saturday is Pi Day, a once-in-a-year calendar date that this time squares the fun with a once-in-a-century twist. Saturday is 3-14-15, the first five digits of the mathematical constant pi: 3.141592653. The best times to celebrate are at 9:26 and 53 seconds, morning and evening. The next time that happens is in March 2115. “It’s a portal into this magical mysterious world of mathematics,”…

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