Ear at Door, Reporter Describes Secret House Meeting

TALLAHASSEE — Members of the House Republican caucus held a private meeting Tuesday without public or press access, and some wouldn’t even confirm the nature of what would be discussed.

That didn’t stop Associated Press reporter Gary Fineout, who planted his ear against the closed door of the meeting room on the Capitol’s third floor. As the meeting went on, Fineout occasionally called out snippets of conversation he could overhear to a band of other reporters hovering in the hallway.