When it comes to bills that have Floridians up in arms after the legislative session, nothing tops the responses being volleyed at a measure that halts gun sales to some mentally ill people who voluntarily commit themselves. 

A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY this weekend to my dear friend, Alan Suskey — a committed family man; a fun-loving friend to many; an ambitious, self-made man; a patriot and veteran; and so many other qualities. We here in the ‘burg miss your bad haircut, ridiculous bow ties and, most important, dedication to making the community a better place. 

@PatriciaMazzei

Miami-Dade County faces a $50 million-plus budget shortfall under current projections, Mayor Carlos Gimenez warned commissioners this week after informing employee unions that the county will ask for a continuation of significant benefit concessions.

@Mdixon55

State Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, will be the commencement speaker at Edward Waters College's spring graduation ceremony.

The event is being held Sunday at the Adams-Jenkins Community Sports and Music Complex, 1859 Kings Road, at 1 p.m.

Williams was first elected in 2008 and serves as House Democratic whip. He graduated from Florida A&M.

Amid speculation he will run as a Democrat for his old job, former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday said he supports allowing same-sex marriage.

In a message posted on his Facebook page, Crist described as “great news” a decision by Delaware officials to become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriage.

“I most certainly support marriage equality in Florida and look forward to the day it happens here,” Crist said in the message. 

A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature, the AP reports via the Political Wire.

Guido Maniscalco, who in 2011 lost a bid for the District 1 seat on the Tampa City Council, is switching parties from Republican to Democrat.

In an interview with Patrick Manteiga of La Gaceta, Maniscalco, now a member of the code enforcement board and president of his neighborhood association, says that if he runs in 2015, there will be another change besides his thoughtful efforts to get more involved in the community.

@MarcACaputo

Governor Scott has received the budget passed by the Legislature, reports Tia Mitchell of the Tampa Bay Times.

He has until May 24th to decide what, if anything, he will veto.

It was only Friday that lawmakers passed the $74.5 billion budget.

Now, it's Gov. Rick Scott's turn. The 450-page document landed on Scott's desk Thursday. He has until May 24 to sign it -- and veto anything he doesn't deem appropriate.

The following is a very thorough guest post by Matt Florell of St. Pete Polls.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s proposed “violence prevention” unit, to prevent events like the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, got a thumbs-up from lawmakers but it’s giving others the creeps.

More than 200 people have e-mailed Gov. Rick Scott asking him to use his line-item veto on $1 million in start-up money for Bradshaw that the Legislature included in the state’s $74 billion budget.

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, reacting on Fox News this morning to Wednesday’s House hearing on September’s Benghazi terrorist attack, faulted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not speaking out against the Obama administration’s initial suggestion that the deadly attack was prompted by demonstrations over a crudely produced anti-Islamic YouTube video.

When a team of experts came to Florida early this year, they found a trauma-care system that needed change.

Parts of the overall structure of the system were outdated, the experts wrote in a report released this week. And in what they called “the most striking challenge,” various players in the hospital industry are in long-running battles about where trauma centers should be allowed to open.