No-fault developments brewing
Fasten your seat belts. Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to announce later Monday that the just-expired personal injury protection law for motorists will be added to the agenda of the legislative session starting Wednesday. Crist wasn't definitive with reporters, but said he would "address it more formally" later on Monday. "I want to put out what's appropriate and what's doable and what we can cover," said the governor, a longstanding supporter of keeping some form of PIP in place.
That would leave just one other huge political issue up in the air: the future of property taxes, which The Buzz hears will be addressed in a special, taxes-only session later in October.
Crist also said that he doesn't expect anything definitive on the status of gambling negotiations with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. "The window there is probably about a month, and I'm optimistic about it," he said.
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