Only one member of what the Florida House of Representatives once affectionately (and, occasionally, disgustedly) referred to as the Auburn Caucus remains in government. But lone remaining legislator Jay Trumbull (who’s now in the Senate), Jayer Williamson, James Grant, Clay Ingram, and Steve Crisafulli, the former Speaker of the House with that sliver of the Toomer’s Oaks in his gavel, are all still friends. They all still talk, still get together for games. They still have a group text going. And, today, that thing was blowing up.
It started this morning when Williamson let everyone know about the call — his friend in the Escambia County tax collector’s office had reached out to tell him they were sitting at 2,982 preorders, 2,000 of which, incredibly, had come through his office, he said.