That's Quite the "Nest Egg!"

                            Those eyes! Those fixed and unblinking eyes!

Something stupid and/or wicked from Florida government that isn't (clearly) the work of Governor Skeletor? This story sounds like it's not telling us something about what Pam Bondi really said, or something, because she should have been furiously covering her ass about this. $300 Million to help mortgagees and she's hoping it will hatch into beautiful multi-colored (but NOT homosexual!) streams of popularity for her party? Or her? Or maybe she can't remember where she put it. . .

Of the $2.5 billion going to states, just over a billion dollars has been pledged for housing-related programs, while a roughly equal amount has been diverted to plug budget holes or fund programs unrelated to the foreclosure crisis. $378 million is still to be determined, and almost all of that is Florida’s. 

Florida’s funds are caught between the Attorney General, Republican Pam Bondi, and the Republican state legislature. Bondihas pledged to make the money available to homeowners; earlier this year, she called for suggestions from the public. Some state lawmakers, however, insist that it needs to go through the regular appropriations process — where it could potentially be siphoned off into other programs. And that wouldn’t happen until March, when the legislative session begins. 

“We were very happy about the Attorney General’s commitment early on that the money be used within the spirit of the settlement,” said Jaimie Ross, president of the Florida Housing Coalition, an advocacy organization. “But is it just going to sit there until the legislature starts so that we can wait to see how they want to use it? The silence is deafening.”