Majority Leader Dana Young ain’t chopped liver

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Speaker Steve Crisafulli announced Monday which members would lead which committees in the Florida House.

Reporting on these assignments is typically straightforward. So-and-so will chair such-and-such committee, etc., etc.

Some reporters injected a little parochialism into their coverage, i.e., The Palm Beach Post‘s John Kennedy wrote that “Democratic-heavy Palm Beach (was) shut out” of Crisafulli’s list.

And then there was the Tampa Tribune‘s James Rosica, who tweeted “Except for Corcoran, Tampa Bay unrepresented in House leadership.”

Except, that is, for Majority Leader Dana Young.

With Corcoran and Young in leadership, Tampa Bay occupies two of the three most important positions in the Florida House.

That ain’t chopped liver.

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.