• The Republican Party of Florida has submitted a resolution to Gov. Charlie Crist recommending 27 candidates for nomination as the Republican Presidential Electors to the Electoral College. The list includes two locals: State Rep. Jennifer Carroll and Republican Party State Committeeman Deno Hicks.
• Following our story last week about the Omni recycling telephone directories as part of its green initiative, a Daily Record reader contacted hotel General Manager Scott Stuckey with a special request. Her autistic son is an avid reader of phone books, so she wondered if the Omni might send a few of the books his way. Stuckey said a hotel employee personally delivered about 100 of the directories to the woman and her son and added, “I’m sure she’ll recycle them when he’s through reading them.”
• Thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, Thursday night’s “Downtown on Tap!” has been canceled due to “...Fay’s desire to make a scene Downtown,” according to the official announcement.