A secretive group of powerful legislators, business groups and Texas oil companies has been laying the groundwork.......the machinations of the Florida Energy Associates.........a shadowy group that identifies itself only by saying it is financed by a group of independent oil producers.........mysterious oilmen......unidentified oil men have dropped a quarter-million dollars of influence.......the slime just keeps getting thicker.

Folks, this isn't a fictional account of political and economic intrigue. This is real life and it's being played out right now.  Read more with David Guest's op-ed at Florida Today.