It is being widely reported tonight in Florida’s political media that Steve MacNamara has resigned as Chief-of-Staff to Governor Rick Scott and is being replaced by Jacksonville-based political consultant Adam Hollinsworth.
Beyond the obvious political ramifications, there is this lesson: don’t screw with the Miami Herald‘s Marc Caputo.
What other conclusion is there to draw after MacNamara, one of the most powerful figures in Florida politics, resigns less than a week after Caputo went to work on him with his must-read article, “Gov. Rick Scott’s biggest failure: his chief of staff.”