Yesterday, Marc Caputo reported that St. Petersburg Democrat Rep. Darryl Rouson is out of work at the heavy-hitting trial lawyer firm Morgan & Morgan.

This morning’s must read is an op-ed  from Marco Rubio titled “What Boston means.” 

Rubio employs some pretty strong language against President Obama, charging that “he is failing to explain to the American people the consequences of this conflict, why it is important, what the stakes are, and who our enemy actually is.”

Describing him as a “great public servant”, the political godfather of North Pinellas and Pasco’s, Mike Fasano, is endorsing Chris Sprowls for State House District 65.

The endorsement isn’t much of a surprise as Sprowls is one of Fasano’s proteges. But isn’t that saying something in and of itself?

Fasano joins Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and State Attorney Bernie McCabe in endorsing Sprowls.

The Boston Globe notes the insider account of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign by Gabriel Shoenfeld — to be pu

Today, St. Pete City Council candidate Darden Rice received the endorsement of Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long. 

“I have worked with Darden for several years and have seen firsthand how well she works effectively with others. She is an exemplary young leader who will help lead our region to accomplish thoughtful, sensible, and reasonable policy for job creation, transportation, and conservation,” said Long.  

Below is a brief look at today's Florida Morning. Here is the full version.

@Mdixon55 

Rubio meets with conservatives who want immigration bill to move to the right

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

A draft report from Gov. Rick Scott’s chief inspector general backs Citizens Property Insurance Corp. leaders who maintained that the four members of the firm’s Office of Corporate Integrity weren’t fired as a retaliatory move.

Nine things you may not know were in the state budget, via the News Service of Florida.

The passage of a 226 page omnibus transportation, which cleared the Florida Senate unanimously and the House with a vote of 114-1, includes provisions intended to remedy various administrative problems with red-light camera ticketing.

Partners in a St. Johns Town Center wine bar said Tuesday they have a contract to buy the landmark Bostwick building in downtown Jacksonville, and want to open a restaurant there.

But they’re still sifting through information about the condemned 111-year-old building at Bay and Ocean streets, and said they’re trying to understand costs for restoring the site before taking it over.

Last October, four corporate investigators at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. were called into a conference room, asked to sit down, and told their services would no longer be needed.

The bearer of the bad news was one of several company executives who had been implicated in a six-month investigation into corporate misbehavior, large severance packages and sexual harassment at the state-run insurer.

@PatriciaMazzei

The Miami Dolphins’ short-lived quest for a subsidized stadium renovation could have turned out a lot worse for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez: Voters could have handed him a resounding political defeat at the polls had they rejected the deal he negotiated.

But the Florida House of Representatives effectively canceled the referendum, for now shielding the mayor and county commissioners from much of the fallout.